diff --git a/code/modules/mining/mine_turfs.dm b/code/modules/mining/mine_turfs.dm
index 4b20be5ee44..012de7bf387 100644
--- a/code/modules/mining/mine_turfs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mining/mine_turfs.dm
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ turf/simulated/mineral/floor/light_corner
 				var/datum/find/F = finds[1]
 				if(newDepth > F.excavation_required) // Digging too deep can break the item. At least you won't summon a Balrog (probably)
 					fail_message = ". <b>[pick("There is a crunching noise","[W] collides with some different rock","Part of the rock face crumbles away","Something breaks under [W]")]</b>"
-				wreckfinds(P.destroy_artefacts)
+					wreckfinds(P.destroy_artefacts)
 			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You start [P.drill_verb][fail_message].</span>")
 
 			if(do_after(user,P.digspeed))
diff --git a/html/changelogs/prismaticgynoid - xenoarch_fix.yml b/html/changelogs/prismaticgynoid - xenoarch_fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a3d8648131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/prismaticgynoid - xenoarch_fix.yml	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+author: PrismaticGynoid
+
+delete-after: True
+
+changes: 
+  - bugfix: "Fixes xenoarch artifacts breaking when performing excavation correctly."