diff --git a/src/client/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/machines/gui/MachineScreen.java b/src/client/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/machines/gui/MachineScreen.java
index ab75a6164..46371153e 100644
--- a/src/client/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/machines/gui/MachineScreen.java
+++ b/src/client/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/machines/gui/MachineScreen.java
@@ -212,9 +212,13 @@ protected void renderBg(GuiGraphics guiGraphics, float delta, int mouseX, int mo
     private void renderConfigurableSlotBackgrounds(GuiGraphics guiGraphics) {
         for (Slot slot : this.menu.slots) {
             if (slot instanceof BackgroundRenderedSlot brs) {
+                var atlas = brs.getBackgroundAtlasLocation();
+                if (atlas == null) {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 int px = leftPos + slot.x - 1;
                 int py = topPos + slot.y - 1;
-                guiGraphics.blit(SLOT_ATLAS, px, py, brs.getBackgroundU(), brs.getBackgroundV(), 18, 18);
+                guiGraphics.blit(atlas, px, py, brs.getBackgroundU(), brs.getBackgroundV(), 18, 18);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/inventory/BackgroundRenderedSlot.java b/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/inventory/BackgroundRenderedSlot.java
index f0cb1f6a3..0586b0152 100644
--- a/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/inventory/BackgroundRenderedSlot.java
+++ b/src/main/java/aztech/modern_industrialization/inventory/BackgroundRenderedSlot.java
@@ -23,10 +23,22 @@
  */
 package aztech.modern_industrialization.inventory;
 
+import aztech.modern_industrialization.MI;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
 /**
  * Implement this on a slot to render its background automatically.
  */
 public interface BackgroundRenderedSlot {
+    /**
+     * @return the {@link ResourceLocation} of the slot atlas texture to use for the slot background. Return null to render no background.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    default ResourceLocation getBackgroundAtlasLocation() {
+        return MI.id("textures/gui/container/slot_atlas.png");
+    }
+
     default int getBackgroundU() {
         return 0;
     }