diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/landmarks.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/landmarks.dm
index 5aef9e777ff..21bdab05673 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/landmarks.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/landmarks.dm
@@ -41,20 +41,18 @@ INITIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(/obj/effect/landmark)
 	if(delete_after_roundstart)
 		qdel(src)
 
-/obj/effect/landmark/start/New()
+/obj/effect/landmark/start/Initialize()
+	. = ..()
 	GLOB.start_landmarks_list += src
 	if(jobspawn_override)
-		if(!GLOB.jobspawn_overrides[name])
-			GLOB.jobspawn_overrides[name] = list()
-		GLOB.jobspawn_overrides[name] += src
-	..()
+		LAZYADDASSOC(GLOB.jobspawn_overrides, name, src)
 	if(name != "start")
 		tag = "start*[name]"
 
 /obj/effect/landmark/start/Destroy()
 	GLOB.start_landmarks_list -= src
 	if(jobspawn_override)
-		GLOB.jobspawn_overrides[name] -= src
+		LAZYREMOVEASSOC(GLOB.jobspawn_overrides, name, src)
 	return ..()
 
 // START LANDMARKS FOLLOW. Don't change the names unless