diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/layers.dm b/code/__DEFINES/layers.dm
index 2a5451a910c..1eef097744f 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/layers.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/layers.dm
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@
 //#define TURF_LAYER 2 //For easy recordkeeping; this is a byond define. Most floors (FLOOR_PLANE) and walls (WALL_PLANE) use this.
 
 //FLOOR_PLANE layers
+#define TURF_PLATING_DECAL_LAYER 2.001
+#define TURF_DECAL_LAYER 2.009 //Makes turf decals appear in DM how they will look inworld.
 #define CULT_OVERLAY_LAYER 2.01
 #define MID_TURF_LAYER 2.02
 #define HIGH_TURF_LAYER 2.03
-#define TURF_PLATING_DECAL_LAYER 2.031
-#define TURF_DECAL_LAYER 2.039 //Makes turf decals appear in DM how they will look inworld.
 #define LATTICE_LAYER 2.04
 #define DISPOSAL_PIPE_LAYER 2.042
 #define WIRE_LAYER 2.044
diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/decal.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/decal.dm
index 399c81455d0..1f2193e9506 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/decal.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/decal.dm
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 	var/turf/T = loc
 	if(!istype(T)) //you know this will happen somehow
 		CRASH("Turf decal initialized in an object/nullspace")
-	T.AddElement(/datum/element/decal, icon, icon_state, dir, null, null, alpha, color, null, FALSE, null)
+	T.AddElement(/datum/element/decal, icon, icon_state, dir, null, layer, alpha, color, null, FALSE, null)
 	return INITIALIZE_HINT_QDEL
 
 /obj/effect/turf_decal/Destroy(force)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 // I hate it too bestie
 	if(GLOB.running_create_and_destroy)
 		var/turf/T = loc
-		T.RemoveElement(/datum/element/decal, icon, icon_state, dir, null, null, alpha, color, null, FALSE, null)
+		T.RemoveElement(/datum/element/decal, icon, icon_state, dir, null, layer, alpha, color, null, FALSE, null)
 #endif
 	// Intentionally used over moveToNullspace(), which calls doMove(), which fires
 	// off an enormous amount of procs, signals, etc, that this temporary effect object