diff --git a/code/datums/mutable_appearance.dm b/code/datums/mutable_appearance.dm
index 2b0c3e1a44c..31c20315508 100644
--- a/code/datums/mutable_appearance.dm
+++ b/code/datums/mutable_appearance.dm
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 // Mutable appearances are children of images, just so you know.
 
+/mutable_appearance/New()
+	..()
+	plane = FLOAT_PLANE // No clue why this is 0 by default yet images are on FLOAT_PLANE
+						// And yes this does have to be in the constructor, BYOND ignores it if you set it as a normal var
+
 // Helper similar to image()
 /proc/mutable_appearance(icon, icon_state = "", layer = FLOAT_LAYER, plane = FLOAT_PLANE)
 	var/mutable_appearance/MA = new()
@@ -13,7 +18,7 @@
 	MA.plane = plane
 	return MA
 
-/mutable_appearance/clean
+
 /mutable_appearance/clean/New()
 	. = ..()
 	alpha = 255