diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable/misc.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable/misc.dm
index d24a278b411..d7a3b1a3f94 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable/misc.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable/misc.dm
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 	pixel_x = rand(-5, 5)
 	pixel_y = rand(-5, 5)
 
+/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/ash/crematorium
+//crematoriums need their own ash cause default ash deletes itself if created in an obj
+	turf_loc_check = FALSE
+
 /obj/effect/decal/cleanable/ash/large
 	name = "large pile of ashes"
 	icon_state = "big_ash"
diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/decal.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/decal.dm
index 00d977deeba..d26dbb72e7d 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/decal.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/decal.dm
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 	name = "decal"
 	anchored = TRUE
 	resistance_flags = FIRE_PROOF | UNACIDABLE | ACID_PROOF
+	var/turf_loc_check = TRUE
 
 /obj/effect/decal/Initialize()
 	. = ..()
-	if(!isturf(loc) || NeverShouldHaveComeHere(loc))
+	if(turf_loc_check && (!isturf(loc) || NeverShouldHaveComeHere(loc)))
 		return INITIALIZE_HINT_QDEL
 
 /obj/effect/decal/blob_act(obj/structure/blob/B)
diff --git a/code/game/objects/structures/morgue.dm b/code/game/objects/structures/morgue.dm
index 3b931b218fd..2415ecd3ce9 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/structures/morgue.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/structures/morgue.dm
@@ -241,15 +241,11 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(crematoriums)
 				M.ghostize()
 				qdel(M)
 
-		var/ash_check = FALSE
 		for(var/obj/O in conts) //conts defined above, ignores crematorium and tray
-			if(istype(O,/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/ash)) ash_check = TRUE//creates the illusion of ash piling up
 			qdel(O)
 
-		var/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/ash/a
-		if(ash_check) a=new/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/ash/large(src)//cont. illusion of more ash
-		else a=new/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/ash(src)
-		a.layer = connected.layer//Makes the ash the same layer as the tray.
+		if(!locate(/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/ash) in get_step(src, dir))//prevent pile-up
+			new/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/ash/crematorium(src)
 
 		sleep(30)