diff --git a/code/ATMOSPHERICS/components/unary_devices/vent_pump.dm b/code/ATMOSPHERICS/components/unary_devices/vent_pump.dm
index 37ce3b19057..7d73e7d7a19 100644
--- a/code/ATMOSPHERICS/components/unary_devices/vent_pump.dm
+++ b/code/ATMOSPHERICS/components/unary_devices/vent_pump.dm
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@
 
 	overlays += icon_manager.get_atmos_icon("device", , , vent_icon)
 
+	pipe_image = image(src, loc, layer = 20, dir = dir) //the 20 puts it above Byond's darkness (not its opacity view)
+	pipe_image.plane = HUD_PLANE
+
 /obj/machinery/atmospherics/unary/vent_pump/update_underlays()
 	if(..())
 		underlays.Cut()
diff --git a/code/ATMOSPHERICS/components/unary_devices/vent_scrubber.dm b/code/ATMOSPHERICS/components/unary_devices/vent_scrubber.dm
index 244e9c26aa3..92fc9e4d160 100644
--- a/code/ATMOSPHERICS/components/unary_devices/vent_scrubber.dm
+++ b/code/ATMOSPHERICS/components/unary_devices/vent_scrubber.dm
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@
 		scrubber_icon = "scrubberweld"
 
 	overlays += icon_manager.get_atmos_icon("device", , , scrubber_icon)
+	pipe_image = image(src, loc, layer = 20, dir = dir) //the 20 puts it above Byond's darkness (not its opacity view)
+	pipe_image.plane = HUD_PLANE
 
 /obj/machinery/atmospherics/unary/vent_scrubber/update_underlays()
 	if(..())