diff --git a/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/gas_mixture.dm b/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/gas_mixture.dm
index 93927f4420..58e826b36d 100644
--- a/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/gas_mixture.dm
+++ b/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/gas_mixture.dm
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(meta_gas_fusions, meta_gas_fusion_list())
 		if(!ispath(path))
 			path = gas_id2path(path) //a lot of these strings can't have embedded expressions (especially for mappers), so support for IDs needs to stick around
 		gases[path] = text2num(gas[id])
+	archive()
 	return 1
 
 /datum/gas_mixture/share(datum/gas_mixture/sharer, atmos_adjacent_turfs = 4)