diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index 1022d8a0c..924e9f428 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ use pocketmine\entity\Human;
 use pocketmine\entity\Item as DroppedItem;
 use pocketmine\entity\Living;
 use pocketmine\entity\Projectile;
-use pocketmine\event\block\SignChangeEvent;
 use pocketmine\event\entity\EntityDamageByBlockEvent;
 use pocketmine\event\entity\EntityDamageByEntityEvent;
 use pocketmine\event\entity\EntityDamageEvent;
@@ -2906,28 +2905,12 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, InventoryHolder, ChunkLoade
 				}
 
 				$t = $this->level->getTile($pos);
-				if($t instanceof Sign){
+				if($t instanceof Spawnable){
 					$nbt = new NBT(NBT::LITTLE_ENDIAN);
 					$nbt->read($packet->namedtag, false, true);
 					$nbt = $nbt->getData();
-					if($nbt["id"] !== Tile::SIGN){
+					if(!$t->updateCompoundTag($nbt, $this)){
 						$t->spawnTo($this);
-					}else{
-						$ev = new SignChangeEvent($t->getBlock(), $this, [
-							TextFormat::clean($nbt["Text1"], $this->removeFormat), TextFormat::clean($nbt["Text2"], $this->removeFormat), TextFormat::clean($nbt["Text3"], $this->removeFormat), TextFormat::clean($nbt["Text4"], $this->removeFormat)
-						]);
-
-						if(!isset($t->namedtag->Creator) or $t->namedtag["Creator"] !== $this->getRawUniqueId()){
-							$ev->setCancelled();
-						}
-
-						$this->server->getPluginManager()->callEvent($ev);
-
-						if(!$ev->isCancelled()){
-							$t->setText($ev->getLine(0), $ev->getLine(1), $ev->getLine(2), $ev->getLine(3));
-						}else{
-							$t->spawnTo($this);
-						}
 					}
 				}
 				break;
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/tile/Sign.php b/src/pocketmine/tile/Sign.php
index 7d7671de7..fc11b0628 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/tile/Sign.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/tile/Sign.php
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 /*
  *
- *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____  
- * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \ 
+ *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
+ * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
  * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
- * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/ 
- * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_| 
+ * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
+ * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
@@ -15,16 +15,19 @@
  *
  * @author PocketMine Team
  * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
- * 
+ *
  *
 */
 
 namespace pocketmine\tile;
 
+use pocketmine\event\block\SignChangeEvent;
 use pocketmine\level\format\Chunk;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\CompoundTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\IntTag;
 use pocketmine\nbt\tag\StringTag;
+use pocketmine\Player;
+use pocketmine\utils\TextFormat;
 
 class Sign extends Spawnable{
 
@@ -82,4 +85,30 @@ class Sign extends Spawnable{
 		]);
 	}
 
+	public function updateCompoundTag(CompoundTag $nbt, Player $player) : bool{
+		if($nbt["id"] !== Tile::SIGN){
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$ev = new SignChangeEvent($this->getBlock(), $player, [
+			TextFormat::clean($nbt["Text1"], ($removeFormat = $player->getRemoveFormat())),
+			TextFormat::clean($nbt["Text2"], $removeFormat),
+			TextFormat::clean($nbt["Text3"], $removeFormat),
+			TextFormat::clean($nbt["Text4"], $removeFormat)
+		]);
+
+		if(!isset($this->namedtag->Creator) or $this->namedtag["Creator"] !== $player->getRawUniqueId()){
+			$ev->setCancelled();
+		}
+
+		$this->level->getServer()->getPluginManager()->callEvent($ev);
+
+		if(!$ev->isCancelled()){
+			$this->setText(...$ev->getLines());
+			return true;
+		}else{
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/tile/Spawnable.php b/src/pocketmine/tile/Spawnable.php
index 8d6e25070..825d04c3d 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/tile/Spawnable.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/tile/Spawnable.php
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ abstract class Spawnable extends Tile{
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @return CompoundTag
-	 */
-	public abstract function getSpawnCompound();
-
 	public function __construct(Chunk $chunk, CompoundTag $nbt){
 		parent::__construct($chunk, $nbt);
 		$this->spawnToAll();
@@ -76,4 +71,22 @@ abstract class Spawnable extends Tile{
 			$this->level->clearChunkCache($this->chunk->getX(), $this->chunk->getZ());
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return CompoundTag
+	 */
+	public abstract function getSpawnCompound();
+
+	/**
+	 * Called when a player updates a block entity's NBT data
+	 * for example when writing on a sign.
+	 *
+	 * @param CompoundTag $nbt
+	 * @param Player      $player
+	 *
+	 * @return bool indication of success, will respawn the tile to the player if false.
+	 */
+	public function updateCompoundTag(CompoundTag $nbt, Player $player) : bool{
+		return false;
+	}
 }