diff --git a/config/ftbquests/quests/chapters/questssteam_age.snbt b/config/ftbquests/quests/chapters/questssteam_age.snbt
index 015d12d47..f7dc29095 100644
--- a/config/ftbquests/quests/chapters/questssteam_age.snbt
+++ b/config/ftbquests/quests/chapters/questssteam_age.snbt
@@ -259,11 +259,19 @@
 			description: ["{quests.steam_age.mechanical_saw.desc}"]
 			id: "069825FBCFB0FB9C"
 			subtitle: "{quests.steam_age.mechanical_saw.subtitle}"
-			tasks: [{
-				id: "5005121E0361DBD2"
-				item: "greate:andesite_alloy_mechanical_saw"
-				type: "item"
-			}]
+			tasks: [
+				{
+					id: "5005121E0361DBD2"
+					item: "greate:andesite_alloy_mechanical_saw"
+					type: "item"
+				}
+				{
+					id: "54170C7DF3518AFE"
+					item: "create:filter"
+					optional_task: true
+					type: "item"
+				}
+			]
 			title: "{quests.steam_age.mechanical_saw.title}"
 			x: -9.5d
 			y: 0.0d