diff --git a/src/agent/library/skills.js b/src/agent/library/skills.js
index 9cc8583..d2a76e9 100644
--- a/src/agent/library/skills.js
+++ b/src/agent/library/skills.js
@@ -331,8 +331,12 @@ export async function collectBlock(bot, blockType, num=1) {
         log(bot, `Invalid number of blocks to collect: ${num}.`);
         return false;
     }
+    let blocktypes = [blockType];
+    if (blockType.endsWith('ore'))
+        blocktypes.push('deepslate_'+blockType);
+
     let collected = 0;
-    const blocks = world.getNearestBlocks(bot, blockType, 64, num);
+    const blocks = world.getNearestBlocks(bot, blocktypes, 64, num);
     if (blocks.length === 0) {
         log(bot, `Could not find any ${blockType} to collect.`);
         return false;
diff --git a/src/agent/library/world.js b/src/agent/library/world.js
index cee82f0..52c4b74 100644
--- a/src/agent/library/world.js
+++ b/src/agent/library/world.js
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@ export function getNearestBlocks(bot, block_types, distance=16, count=1) {
      * @example
      * let woodBlocks = world.getNearestBlocks(bot, ['oak_log', 'birch_log'], 16, 1);
      **/
+    // if blocktypes is not a list, make it a list
+    if (!Array.isArray(block_types))
+        block_types = [block_types];
     let block_locs = bot.findBlocks({
         matching: (block) => {
-            return block && block_types.includes(block.name);
+            return block && block_types.some(name => name === block.name);
         },
         maxDistance: distance,
         count: count