diff --git a/code/game/turfs/space/transit.dm b/code/game/turfs/space/transit.dm
index db03173f624..60c82e3399f 100644
--- a/code/game/turfs/space/transit.dm
+++ b/code/game/turfs/space/transit.dm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /turf/space/transit
 	icon_state = "black"
 	dir = SOUTH
+	baseturf = /turf/space/transit
 
 /turf/space/transit/horizontal
 	dir = WEST
diff --git a/code/modules/shuttle/shuttle.dm b/code/modules/shuttle/shuttle.dm
index 250e3e01423..233e15956fd 100644
--- a/code/modules/shuttle/shuttle.dm
+++ b/code/modules/shuttle/shuttle.dm
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@
 		var/turf/T1 = L1[i]
 		if(!T1)
 			continue
-
-		T0.copyTurf(T1)
+		if(T0.type != T0.baseturf) //So if there is a hole in the shuttle we don't drag along the space/asteroid/etc to wherever we are going next
+			T0.copyTurf(T1)
 		areaInstance.contents += T1
 
 		//copy over air