--- a/net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/IOWorker.java
+++ b/net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/storage/IOWorker.java
@@ -30,7 +_,7 @@
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LogUtils.getLogger();
     private final AtomicBoolean shutdownRequested = new AtomicBoolean();
     private final PriorityConsecutiveExecutor consecutiveExecutor;
-    private final RegionFileStorage storage;
+    public final RegionFileStorage storage; // Paper - public
     private final SequencedMap<ChunkPos, IOWorker.PendingStore> pendingWrites = new LinkedHashMap<>();
     private final Long2ObjectLinkedOpenHashMap<CompletableFuture<BitSet>> regionCacheForBlender = new Long2ObjectLinkedOpenHashMap<>();
     private static final int REGION_CACHE_SIZE = 1024;
