diff --git a/code/game/area/areas.dm b/code/game/area/areas.dm
index 1a1720b75f0..de2b9ebb6c2 100644
--- a/code/game/area/areas.dm
+++ b/code/game/area/areas.dm
@@ -608,8 +608,8 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(teleportlocs)
 /area/drop_location()
 	CRASH("Bad op: area/drop_location() called")
 
-/// A hook so areas can modify the incoming args (of what??)
-/area/proc/PlaceOnTopReact(list/new_baseturfs, turf/fake_turf_type, flags)
+/// A hook so areas can modify the incoming args of ChangeTurf
+/area/proc/place_on_top_react(list/new_baseturfs, turf/added_layer, flags)
 	return flags
 
 
diff --git a/code/game/area/areas/shuttles.dm b/code/game/area/areas/shuttles.dm
index 490a4d60c2e..f93f0ca4c5a 100644
--- a/code/game/area/areas/shuttles.dm
+++ b/code/game/area/areas/shuttles.dm
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 	sound_environment = SOUND_ENVIRONMENT_ROOM
 
 
-/area/shuttle/PlaceOnTopReact(list/new_baseturfs, turf/fake_turf_type, flags)
+/area/shuttle/place_on_top_react(list/new_baseturfs, turf/added_layer, flags)
 	. = ..()
-	if(length(new_baseturfs) > 1 || fake_turf_type)
-		return // More complicated larger changes indicate this isn't a player
-	if(ispath(new_baseturfs[1], /turf/open/floor/plating))
+	if(ispath(added_layer, /turf/open/floor/plating))
+		new_baseturfs.Add(/turf/baseturf_skipover/shuttle)
+	else if(ispath(new_baseturfs[1], /turf/open/floor/plating))
 		new_baseturfs.Insert(1, /turf/baseturf_skipover/shuttle)
 
 ////////////////////////////Multi-area shuttles////////////////////////////
diff --git a/code/game/turfs/baseturfs.dm b/code/game/turfs/baseturfs.dm
index b65d1a6b71d..29a288b1b59 100644
--- a/code/game/turfs/baseturfs.dm
+++ b/code/game/turfs/baseturfs.dm
@@ -34,13 +34,15 @@
 	new_baseturfs.Add(baseturfs)
 	if(isopenturf(src))
 		new_baseturfs.Add(type)
+	var/area/our_area = get_area(src)
+	flags = our_area.place_on_top_react(new_baseturfs, added_layer, flags)
 
 	return ChangeTurf(added_layer, new_baseturfs, flags)
 
 /// Places a turf on top - for map loading
 /turf/proc/load_on_top(turf/added_layer, flags)
 	var/area/our_area = get_area(src)
-	flags = our_area.PlaceOnTopReact(list(baseturfs), added_layer, flags)
+	flags = our_area.place_on_top_react(list(baseturfs), added_layer, flags)
 
 	if(flags & CHANGETURF_SKIP) // We haven't been initialized
 		if(flags_1 & INITIALIZED_1)