diff --git a/.luacheckrc b/.luacheckrc
index 43446b6..ac94689 100644
--- a/.luacheckrc
+++ b/.luacheckrc
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ read_globals = {
 	-- Minetest
 	"minetest",
 	"vector", "ItemStack",
-	"dump"
+	"dump",
+
+	-- optional deps
+	"technic"
 
 }
diff --git a/app/js/util/compute_abm_nodes.js b/app/js/util/compute_abm_nodes.js
index c28e68a..30f9ce6 100644
--- a/app/js/util/compute_abm_nodes.js
+++ b/app/js/util/compute_abm_nodes.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function register_abm_label(abm, index){
 
 	} else {
 		// try another index
-		register_abm_label(abm, index || 1);
+		register_abm_label(abm, (index || 0) + 1);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 4a2ef0c..1ff68a9 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ dofile(MP .. "/textures.lua")
 minetest.register_on_mods_loaded(function()
 
 	-- workaround for empty translations, defer a globalstep until everything is initialized
-	minetest.after(0, function()
+	-- deferred by 1 second until technic.recipes is populated
+	minetest.after(1, function()
 		local start = minetest.get_us_time()
 
 		-- copy static assets
diff --git a/mod.conf b/mod.conf
index eaab5de..1961257 100644
--- a/mod.conf
+++ b/mod.conf
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 name = mtinfo
+optional_depends = technic
diff --git a/recipes.lua b/recipes.lua
index c27d8fa..d0e00b2 100644
--- a/recipes.lua
+++ b/recipes.lua
@@ -30,6 +30,29 @@ function mtinfo.export_recipes()
 			end
 		end
 	end
+
+	for recipe_type, entry in pairs(technic.recipes) do
+		if entry.recipes then
+			for name, recipe in pairs(entry.recipes) do
+				local existing_recipes = data[name]
+				if not existing_recipes then
+					existing_recipes = {}
+				end
+
+				table.insert(existing_recipes, {
+					type = recipe_type,
+					method = recipe_type,
+					items = recipe.input,
+					output = recipe.output,
+					time = recipe.time
+				})
+
+				data[name] = existing_recipes
+			end
+		end
+	end
+
+
 	mtinfo.export_json(mtinfo.basepath.."/data/recipes.js", data, "mtinfo.recipes")
 
 end