diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Specific/Xenoarchaeology/artifact_equipment.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Specific/Xenoarchaeology/artifact_equipment.yml
index 531a530441..4abeea3812 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Specific/Xenoarchaeology/artifact_equipment.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Specific/Xenoarchaeology/artifact_equipment.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
             radius: 0.45
           density: 50
           mask:
-          - MachineMask
+          - SmallMobMask #this is so they can go under plastic flaps
           layer:
           - MachineLayer
     - type: Icon
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Storage/Crates/crates.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Storage/Crates/crates.yml
index c6117ae853..5ddd6fd57b 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Storage/Crates/crates.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Structures/Storage/Crates/crates.yml
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
           bounds: "-0.4,-0.4,0.4,0.29"
         density: 135
         mask:
-        - LargeMobMask
+        - SmallMobMask #this is so they can go under plastic flaps
         layer:
         - LargeMobLayer
   - type: Construction