diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/persistence.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/persistence.dm
index 2825f4343b..4cd75c9af3 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/persistence.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/persistence.dm
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(persistence)
 /datum/controller/subsystem/persistence/proc/LoadPanicBunker()
 	var/bunker_path = file("data/bunker_passthrough.json")
 	if(fexists(bunker_path))
-		GLOB.bunker_passthrough = json_decode(file2text(bunker_path))
+		var/list/json = json_decode(file2text(bunker_path))
+		GLOB.bunker_passthrough = json["data"]
 		for(var/ckey in GLOB.bunker_passthrough)
 			if(daysSince(GLOB.bunker_passthrough[ckey]) >= CONFIG_GET(number/max_bunker_days))
 				GLOB.bunker_passthrough -= ckey