diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7eecfbd..904f782 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,6 +78,25 @@ Toggles no message mode, which hides non-command messages like automatic protect
 
 Permission node: `htm.command.quiet`
 
+### Config
+`canTrustedPlayersBreakChests`: Toggles whether players trusted to a locked container can break the container
+
+    (set to false by default meaning only the owner can break a locked container).
+
+
+
+`defaultFlags`:
+   
+   - `hoppers`: Toggles whether hoppers can pull from locked containers by default 
+
+         (true by default meaning hoppers can pull from locked containers).
+
+
+
+`autolockingContainers`: List of containers which will be set to PRIVATE by default
+
+    (remove items in the list to make them set to public by default).
+
 ### Additional permissions
 
-`htm.admin`: Allows unrestricted access to containers and other managerial permissions
\ No newline at end of file
+`htm.admin`: Allows unrestricted access to containers and other managerial permissions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/fabricservertools/htm/config/HTMConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/github/fabricservertools/htm/config/HTMConfig.java
index aec906d..e39d3dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/fabricservertools/htm/config/HTMConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/fabricservertools/htm/config/HTMConfig.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ public class HTMConfig {
             .setPrettyPrinting()
             .create();
 
+    public boolean canTrustedPlayersBreakChests = false;
+
     public final Map<String, Boolean> defaultFlags = new HashMap<>();
 
     public final ArrayList<Identifier> autolockingContainers = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(
@@ -56,7 +58,6 @@ public HTMConfig() {
         defaultFlags.put("hoppers", true);
     }
 
-
     public static HTMConfig loadConfig(File file) {
         HTMConfig config;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/fabricservertools/htm/listeners/PlayerEventListener.java b/src/main/java/com/github/fabricservertools/htm/listeners/PlayerEventListener.java
index a1fd073..d67731c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/fabricservertools/htm/listeners/PlayerEventListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/fabricservertools/htm/listeners/PlayerEventListener.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ private static boolean onBeforeBreak(World world, PlayerEntity player, BlockPos
 
             if (!lock.isLocked()) return true;
 
-            if (lock.isOwner((ServerPlayerEntity) player)) {
+            if (lock.isOwner((ServerPlayerEntity) player) || (HTM.config.canTrustedPlayersBreakChests && lock.getTrusted().contains(player.getUuid()))) {
                 if (state.getBlock() instanceof LockableChestBlock) {
                     Optional<BlockEntity> unlocked = ((LockableChestBlock) state.getBlock()).getUnlockedPart(state, world, pos);
                     if (unlocked.isPresent()) {
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ private static boolean onBeforeBreak(World world, PlayerEntity player, BlockPos
                     }
                 }
 
-
                 Utility.sendMessage(playerEntity, Text.translatable("text.htm.unlocked"));
 
                 return true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/fabricservertools/htm/mixin/HopperBlockEntityMixin.java b/src/main/java/com/github/fabricservertools/htm/mixin/HopperBlockEntityMixin.java
index 6440417..5389dca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/fabricservertools/htm/mixin/HopperBlockEntityMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/fabricservertools/htm/mixin/HopperBlockEntityMixin.java
@@ -3,36 +3,36 @@
 import com.github.fabricservertools.htm.HTMContainerLock;
 import com.github.fabricservertools.htm.interactions.InteractionManager;
 import net.minecraft.block.entity.BlockEntity;
+import net.minecraft.block.entity.Hopper;
 import net.minecraft.block.entity.HopperBlockEntity;
 import net.minecraft.server.world.ServerWorld;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
+import net.minecraft.util.math.Direction;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
-import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Redirect;
-
-import java.util.Objects;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
 
 @Mixin(HopperBlockEntity.class)
 public abstract class HopperBlockEntityMixin {
-	@Redirect(method = "getInventoryAt(Lnet/minecraft/world/World;DDD)Lnet/minecraft/inventory/Inventory;", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/World;getBlockEntity(Lnet/minecraft/util/math/BlockPos;)Lnet/minecraft/block/entity/BlockEntity;"))
-	private static BlockEntity getProtectedInventory(World world, BlockPos pos) {
-		BlockEntity blockEntity = Objects.requireNonNull(world.getBlockEntity(pos));
-		if (world.isClient) return blockEntity;
-
-		HTMContainerLock lock = InteractionManager.getLock((ServerWorld) world, blockEntity);
-		if (lock == null) {
-			return blockEntity;
-		}
+	@Inject(method = "extract(Lnet/minecraft/world/World;Lnet/minecraft/block/entity/Hopper;)Z", at = @At(value = "FIELD", target = "Lnet/minecraft/util/math/Direction;DOWN:Lnet/minecraft/util/math/Direction;", shift = At.Shift.AFTER), cancellable = true)
+    private static void extractHTMCheck(World world, Hopper hopper, CallbackInfoReturnable<Boolean> cir) {
+        // only checks extraction, so only needs to check block above hopper
+        if (!isBlockContainerHopperable(world, new BlockPos(hopper.getHopperX(), hopper.getHopperY(), hopper.getHopperZ()).offset(Direction.UP)))
+            cir.setReturnValue(true); // if block is not hopperable, cancel the extract method call
+        // otherwise continue the extract method as normal
+    }
 
-		if (!lock.isLocked()) {
-			return blockEntity;
-		}
+	//TODO optimize better
+    private static boolean isBlockContainerHopperable(World world, BlockPos pos) {
+        if (world.isClient) return true;
 
-		if (lock.getFlags().get("hoppers")) {
-			return blockEntity;
-		}
+        BlockEntity blockEntity = world.getBlockEntity(pos);
+        if (blockEntity == null) // no block entity above
+            return true;
 
-		return null;
-	}
+        HTMContainerLock lock = InteractionManager.getLock((ServerWorld) world, blockEntity);
+        return lock == null || !lock.isLocked() || lock.getFlags().get("hoppers");
+    }
 }