diff --git a/code/modules/holodeck/area_copy.dm b/code/modules/holodeck/area_copy.dm
index 167974a193..5af6d0ac37 100644
--- a/code/modules/holodeck/area_copy.dm
+++ b/code/modules/holodeck/area_copy.dm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //Vars that will not be copied when using /DuplicateObject
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(duplicate_forbidden_vars,list(
 	"tag", "datum_components", "area", "type", "loc", "locs", "vars", "parent", "parent_type", "verbs", "ckey", "key",
-	"power_supply", "contents", "reagents", "stat", "x", "y", "z", "group", "atmos_adjacent_turfs", "comp_lookup"
+	"power_supply", "contents", "reagents", "stat", "x", "y", "z", "group", "atmos_adjacent_turfs", "comp_lookup", "pixloc"
 	))
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(duplicate_forbidden_vars_by_type, typecacheof_assoc_list(list(