diff --git a/code/WorkInProgress/Cael_Aislinn/ShieldGen/energy_field.dm b/code/WorkInProgress/Cael_Aislinn/ShieldGen/energy_field.dm
index 7fdee11a417..a544bce299f 100644
--- a/code/WorkInProgress/Cael_Aislinn/ShieldGen/energy_field.dm
+++ b/code/WorkInProgress/Cael_Aislinn/ShieldGen/energy_field.dm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	icon = 'shielding.dmi'
 	icon_state = "shieldsparkles"
 	anchored = 1
-	layer = 2.1
+	layer = 4.1		//just above mobs
 	density = 0
 	invisibility = 101
 	var/strength = 0