diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/storage/backpack.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/storage/backpack.dm
index 026a4710020..4461ecc1ae3 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/storage/backpack.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/storage/backpack.dm
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 	desc = "A backpack that opens into a localized pocket of Blue Space."
 	origin_tech = "bluespace=5;materials=4;engineering=4;plasmatech=5"
 	icon_state = "holdingpack"
+	item_state = "holdingpack"
 	max_w_class = WEIGHT_CLASS_GIGANTIC
 	max_combined_w_class = 35
 	resistance_flags = FIRE_PROOF
diff --git a/icons/mob/inhands/items_lefthand.dmi b/icons/mob/inhands/items_lefthand.dmi
index 74bcf3af28f..f7c8d0bd5da 100644
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diff --git a/icons/mob/inhands/items_righthand.dmi b/icons/mob/inhands/items_righthand.dmi
index b9f5321dbb7..79f65c57e53 100644
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