diff --git a/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/unary_devices/vent_scrubber.dm b/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/unary_devices/vent_scrubber.dm
index 2b2096ab970..32ee0042db5 100644
--- a/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/unary_devices/vent_scrubber.dm
+++ b/code/modules/atmospherics/machinery/components/unary_devices/vent_scrubber.dm
@@ -524,5 +524,9 @@
 	living_mobs += WEAKREF(new_mob)
 	visible_message(span_warning("[new_mob] crawls out of [src]!"))
 
+/obj/machinery/atmospherics/components/unary/vent_scrubber/disconnect()
+	..()
+	on = FALSE
+
 #undef SIPHONING
 #undef SCRUBBING