diff --git a/resources/pocketmine.yml b/resources/pocketmine.yml
index 2e8492624..7d0a337a7 100644
--- a/resources/pocketmine.yml
+++ b/resources/pocketmine.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ chunk-ticking:
   blocks-per-subchunk-per-tick: 3
   #IDs of blocks not to perform random ticking on.
   disable-block-ticking:
-    #- 2 # grass
+    #- grass
+    #- ice
+    #- fire
 
 chunk-generation:
   #Max. amount of chunks in the waiting queue to be populated
diff --git a/src/world/World.php b/src/world/World.php
index 777a2e1f4..19709e3ac 100644
--- a/src/world/World.php
+++ b/src/world/World.php
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ use pocketmine\event\world\WorldSaveEvent;
 use pocketmine\item\Item;
 use pocketmine\item\ItemUseResult;
 use pocketmine\item\LegacyStringToItemParser;
+use pocketmine\item\StringToItemParser;
 use pocketmine\item\VanillaItems;
 use pocketmine\lang\KnownTranslationFactory;
 use pocketmine\math\AxisAlignedBB;
@@ -95,7 +96,6 @@ use pocketmine\world\sound\BlockPlaceSound;
 use pocketmine\world\sound\Sound;
 use pocketmine\world\utils\SubChunkExplorer;
 use function abs;
-use function array_fill_keys;
 use function array_filter;
 use function array_key_exists;
 use function array_map;
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ use function morton2d_encode;
 use function morton3d_decode;
 use function morton3d_encode;
 use function mt_rand;
+use function preg_match;
 use function spl_object_id;
 use function strtolower;
 use function trim;
@@ -453,10 +454,28 @@ class World implements ChunkManager{
 		$this->tickedBlocksPerSubchunkPerTick = $cfg->getPropertyInt("chunk-ticking.blocks-per-subchunk-per-tick", self::DEFAULT_TICKED_BLOCKS_PER_SUBCHUNK_PER_TICK);
 		$this->maxConcurrentChunkPopulationTasks = $cfg->getPropertyInt("chunk-generation.population-queue-size", 2);
 
-		$dontTickBlocks = array_fill_keys($cfg->getProperty("chunk-ticking.disable-block-ticking", []), true);
+		$dontTickBlocks = [];
+		$parser = StringToItemParser::getInstance();
+		foreach($cfg->getProperty("chunk-ticking.disable-block-ticking", []) as $name){
+			$name = (string) $name;
+			$item = $parser->parse($name);
+			if($item !== null){
+				$block = $item->getBlock();
+			}elseif(preg_match("/^-?\d+$/", $name) === 1){
+				$block = BlockFactory::getInstance()->get((int) $name, 0);
+			}else{
+				//TODO: we probably ought to log an error here
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if($block->getId() !== BlockLegacyIds::AIR){
+				$dontTickBlocks[$block->getTypeId()] = $name;
+			}
+		}
 
 		foreach(BlockFactory::getInstance()->getAllKnownStates() as $state){
-			if(!isset($dontTickBlocks[$state->getId()]) and $state->ticksRandomly()){
+			$dontTickName = $dontTickBlocks[$state->getTypeId()] ?? null;
+			if($dontTickName === null && !$state->ticksRandomly()){
 				$this->randomTickBlocks[$state->getFullId()] = true;
 			}
 		}