diff --git a/Movecraft/src/main/java/net/countercraft/movecraft/mapUpdater/update/CraftRotateCommand.java b/Movecraft/src/main/java/net/countercraft/movecraft/mapUpdater/update/CraftRotateCommand.java
index 4a94d7974..d5b4e6fda 100644
--- a/Movecraft/src/main/java/net/countercraft/movecraft/mapUpdater/update/CraftRotateCommand.java
+++ b/Movecraft/src/main/java/net/countercraft/movecraft/mapUpdater/update/CraftRotateCommand.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public void doUpdate() {
                 }
             }
             //The subtraction of the set of coordinates in the HitBox cube and the HitBox itself
-            final SetHitBox invertedHitBox = new SetHitBox(Sets.difference(craft.getHitBox().boundingHitBox().asSet(), craft.getHitBox().asSet()));
+            final Set<MovecraftLocation> invertedHitBox = Sets.difference(craft.getHitBox().boundingHitBox().asSet(), craft.getHitBox().asSet());
             //A set of locations that are confirmed to be "exterior" locations
             final SetHitBox exterior = new SetHitBox();
             final SetHitBox interior = new SetHitBox();
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ public void doUpdate() {
                 }               
             }
             exterior.addAll(visited);
-            interior.addAll(Sets.difference(invertedHitBox.asSet(), exterior.asSet()));
+            interior.addAll(Sets.difference(invertedHitBox, exterior.asSet()));
 
             final WorldHandler handler = Movecraft.getInstance().getWorldHandler();
-            for (MovecraftLocation location : Sets.difference(invertedHitBox.asSet(), exterior.asSet())) {
+            for (MovecraftLocation location : Sets.difference(invertedHitBox, exterior.asSet())) {
                 var data = location.toBukkit(craft.getWorld()).getBlock().getBlockData();
                 if (!passthroughBlocks.contains(data.getMaterial())) {
                     continue;
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/countercraft/movecraft/util/CollectionUtils.java b/api/src/main/java/net/countercraft/movecraft/util/CollectionUtils.java
index 45edac278..021ff172f 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/countercraft/movecraft/util/CollectionUtils.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/countercraft/movecraft/util/CollectionUtils.java
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Contract;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.*;
 
 public class CollectionUtils {
     /**
@@ -90,6 +86,18 @@ public static BitmapHitBox filter(@NotNull final HitBox collection, @NotNull fin
     @NotNull
     @Contract(pure = true)
     public static Iterable<MovecraftLocation> neighbors(@NotNull HitBox hitbox, @NotNull MovecraftLocation location){
+        return neighbors(hitbox.asSet(), location);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * finds the axial neighbors to a location. Neighbors are defined as locations that exist within one meter of a given
+     * location
+     * @param location the location to search for neighbors
+     * @return an iterable set of neighbors to the given location
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    @Contract(pure = true)
+    public static Iterable<MovecraftLocation> neighbors(@NotNull Set<MovecraftLocation> hitbox, @NotNull MovecraftLocation location){
         if(hitbox.isEmpty()){
             return Collections.emptyList();
         }