diff --git a/core/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/regions/RegionParser.java b/core/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/regions/RegionParser.java
index 8d145221d3..6153d24110 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/regions/RegionParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/regions/RegionParser.java
@@ -296,10 +296,12 @@ public MirroredRegion parseMirror(Element el) throws InvalidXMLException {
 
   @MethodParser("resize")
   public ResizedRegion parseResize(Element el) throws InvalidXMLException {
+    Region child = this.parseChildren(el);
     Vector min = parser.vector(el, "min").attr().required();
     Vector max = parser.vector(el, "max").attr().required();
     boolean relative = parser.parseBool(el, "relative").attr().orFalse();
-    return new ResizedRegion(this.parseChildren(el), min, max, relative);
+    validate(child, BlockBoundedValidation.INSTANCE, new Node(el));
+    return new ResizedRegion(child, min, max, relative);
   }
 
   @MethodParser("everywhere")
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/regions/ResizedRegion.java b/core/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/regions/ResizedRegion.java
index 41c6a9d831..f2d7fb81e4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/regions/ResizedRegion.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/regions/ResizedRegion.java
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ private void ensureInitialized() {
     if (matrix != null) return;
 
     var oldBounds = region.getBounds();
+    if (oldBounds.isEmpty() || !oldBounds.isBlockFinite()) {
+      this.bounds = oldBounds;
+      this.matrix = this.inverse = TransformMatrix.identity();
+      return;
+    }
+
     var oldSize = oldBounds.getSize();
 
     if (relative) {
diff --git a/util/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/util/math/TransformMatrix.java b/util/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/util/math/TransformMatrix.java
index 77507ace2c..17e86be364 100644
--- a/util/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/util/math/TransformMatrix.java
+++ b/util/src/main/java/tc/oc/pgm/util/math/TransformMatrix.java
@@ -3,12 +3,23 @@
 import org.bukkit.util.Vector;
 
 public class TransformMatrix {
+
+  private static final TransformMatrix IDENTITY = new TransformMatrix(new double[] {
+    1, 0, 0, 0, //
+    0, 1, 0, 0, //
+    0, 0, 1, 0, //
+    0, 0, 0, 1 //
+  });
   private final double[] matrix;
 
   private TransformMatrix(double[] matrix) {
     this.matrix = matrix;
   }
 
+  public static TransformMatrix identity() {
+    return IDENTITY;
+  }
+
   public static TransformMatrix translate(Vector vector) {
     return new TransformMatrix(new double[] {
       1, 0, 0, vector.getX(),
@@ -31,7 +42,12 @@ public static TransformMatrix scale(Vector vector) {
     double x = vector.getX();
     double y = vector.getY();
     double z = vector.getZ();
-    return new TransformMatrix(new double[] {x, 0, 0, 0, 0, y, 0, 0, 0, 0, z, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1});
+    return new TransformMatrix(new double[] {
+      x, 0, 0, 0, //
+      0, y, 0, 0, //
+      0, 0, z, 0, //
+      0, 0, 0, 1 //
+    });
   }
 
   public static TransformMatrix concat(TransformMatrix... a) {