diff --git a/src/js/game/game_system_with_filter.js b/src/js/game/game_system_with_filter.js
index 82ab4c22..a34e61e2 100644
--- a/src/js/game/game_system_with_filter.js
+++ b/src/js/game/game_system_with_filter.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { GameSystem } from "./game_system";
 import { arrayDelete, arrayDeleteValue } from "../core/utils";
 import { DrawParameters } from "../core/draw_parameters";
 import { globalConfig } from "../core/config";
+import { enumDirection, enumDirectionToVector } from "../core/vector";
+
 export class GameSystemWithFilter extends GameSystem {
     /**
      * Constructs a new game system with the given component filter. It will process
@@ -211,4 +213,21 @@ export class GameSystemWithFilter extends GameSystem {
             arrayDelete(this.allEntities, index);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param {Entity} entity
+     * @param {enumDirection=} direction
+     * @returns {Entity|null}
+     */
+    getAdjacentEntity(entity, direction = null) {
+        const ejectComp = entity.components.ItemEjector;
+        const staticComp = entity.components.StaticMapEntity;
+
+        const ejectingSlot = ejectComp.slots[0];
+        const ejectingPos = staticComp.localTileToWorld(ejectingSlot.pos);
+        const ejectingDirection = staticComp.localDirectionToWorld(direction || ejectingSlot.direction);
+        const targetTile = ejectingPos.add(enumDirectionToVector[ejectingDirection]);
+        return this.root.map.getTileContent(targetTile, enumLayer.regular);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/js/game/systems/miner.js b/src/js/game/systems/miner.js
index f317d0d1..94500989 100644
--- a/src/js/game/systems/miner.js
+++ b/src/js/game/systems/miner.js
@@ -66,16 +66,10 @@ export class MinerSystem extends GameSystemWithFilter {
     tryPerformMinerEject(entity, item) {
         const minerComp = entity.components.Miner;
         const ejectComp = entity.components.ItemEjector;
-        const staticComp = entity.components.StaticMapEntity;
 
         // Check if we are a chained miner
         if (minerComp.chainable) {
-            const ejectingSlot = ejectComp.slots[0];
-            const ejectingPos = staticComp.localTileToWorld(ejectingSlot.pos);
-            const ejectingDirection = staticComp.localDirectionToWorld(ejectingSlot.direction);
-
-            const targetTile = ejectingPos.add(enumDirectionToVector[ejectingDirection]);
-            const targetContents = this.root.map.getTileContent(targetTile, enumLayer.regular);
+            const targetContents = this.getAdjacentEntity(entity);
 
             // Check if we are connected to another miner and thus do not eject directly
             if (targetContents) {