diff --git a/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/init.lua b/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/init.lua
index bbd039a04e..e5863abbc7 100644
--- a/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/init.lua
+++ b/mods/ENTITIES/mcl_item_entity/init.lua
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 local item_drop_settings                 = {} --settings table
 item_drop_settings.age                   = 1.0 --how old a dropped item (_insta_collect==false) has to be before collecting
 item_drop_settings.radius_magnet         = 2.0 --radius of item magnet. MUST BE LARGER THAN radius_collect!
+item_drop_settings.xp_radius_magnet      = 7.25 --radius of xp magnet. MUST BE LARGER THAN radius_collect!
 item_drop_settings.radius_collect        = 0.2 --radius of collection
 item_drop_settings.player_collect_height = 1.0 --added to their pos y value
 item_drop_settings.collection_safety     = false --do this to prevent items from flying away on laggy servers
@@ -60,8 +61,8 @@ minetest.register_globalstep(function(dtime)
 			local checkpos = {x=pos.x,y=pos.y + item_drop_settings.player_collect_height,z=pos.z}
 
 			--magnet and collection
-			for _,object in ipairs(minetest.get_objects_inside_radius(checkpos, item_drop_settings.radius_magnet)) do
-				if not object:is_player() and object:get_luaentity() and object:get_luaentity().name == "__builtin:item" and object:get_luaentity()._magnet_timer and (object:get_luaentity()._insta_collect or (object:get_luaentity().age > item_drop_settings.age)) then
+			for _,object in ipairs(minetest.get_objects_inside_radius(checkpos, item_drop_settings.xp_radius_magnet)) do
+				if not object:is_player() and vector.distance(checkpos, object:get_pos()) < item_drop_settings.radius_magnet and object:get_luaentity() and object:get_luaentity().name == "__builtin:item" and object:get_luaentity()._magnet_timer and (object:get_luaentity()._insta_collect or (object:get_luaentity().age > item_drop_settings.age)) then
 					object:get_luaentity()._magnet_timer = object:get_luaentity()._magnet_timer + dtime
 					local collected = false
 					if object:get_luaentity()._magnet_timer >= 0 and object:get_luaentity()._magnet_timer < item_drop_settings.magnet_time and inv and inv:room_for_item("main", ItemStack(object:get_luaentity().itemstring)) then