diff --git a/code/modules/recycling/conveyor2.dm b/code/modules/recycling/conveyor2.dm
index 2a194ee95c..1ab1a46723 100644
--- a/code/modules/recycling/conveyor2.dm
+++ b/code/modules/recycling/conveyor2.dm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	name = "conveyor belt"
 	desc = "A conveyor belt."
 	anchored = TRUE
+	layer = BELOW_OPEN_DOOR_LAYER
 	var/operating = FALSE	// 1 if running forward, -1 if backwards, 0 if off
 	var/operable = 1	// true if can operate (no broken segments in this belt run)
 	var/forwards		// this is the default (forward) direction, set by the map dir