diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable.dm
index 1dfd4add2f0..d46bead9d2f 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable.dm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	var/list/random_icon_states = list()
 	var/blood_state = "" //I'm sorry but cleanable/blood code is ass, and so is blood_DNA
 	var/bloodiness = 0 //0-100, amount of blood in this decal, used for making footprints and affecting the alpha of bloody footprints
+	anchored = 1
 
 /obj/effect/decal/cleanable/New()
 	if (random_icon_states && length(src.random_icon_states) > 0)