diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/landmarks.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/landmarks.dm
index b5916753ed..c18c60c5f3 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/landmarks.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/landmarks.dm
@@ -178,21 +178,18 @@
 	GLOB.nukeop_leader_start += loc
 	return INITIALIZE_HINT_QDEL
 
+// Must be immediate because players will
+// join before SSatom initializes everything.
+INITIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(/obj/effect/landmark/start/new_player)
+
 /obj/effect/landmark/start/new_player
 	name = "New Player"
 
-// Must be on New() rather than Initialize, because players will
-// join before SSatom initializes everything.
-/obj/effect/landmark/start/new_player/New(loc)
+/obj/effect/landmark/start/new_player/Initialize()
 	..()
 	GLOB.newplayer_start += loc
-
-/obj/effect/landmark/start/new_player/Initialize(mapload)
-	..()
 	return INITIALIZE_HINT_QDEL
 
-
-
 /obj/effect/landmark/latejoin
 	name = "JoinLate"