diff --git a/Content.Server/Atmos/Piping/Unary/EntitySystems/GasThermoMachineSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Atmos/Piping/Unary/EntitySystems/GasThermoMachineSystem.cs
index d376c6d9d6e..d4ddd65a8ec 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Atmos/Piping/Unary/EntitySystems/GasThermoMachineSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Atmos/Piping/Unary/EntitySystems/GasThermoMachineSystem.cs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ private void OnThermoMachineUpdated(EntityUid uid, GasThermoMachineComponent the
                 _atmosphereSystem.AddHeat(heatExchangeGasMixture, dQPipe);
                 thermoMachine.LastEnergyDelta = dQPipe;
 
-                if (dQLeak != 0f && _atmosphereSystem.GetContainingMixture(uid) is { } containingMixture)
+                if (dQLeak != 0f && _atmosphereSystem.GetContainingMixture(uid, excite: true) is { } containingMixture)
                     _atmosphereSystem.AddHeat(containingMixture, dQLeak);
             }
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ private void GetHeatExchangeGasMixture(EntityUid uid, GasThermoMachineComponent
             heatExchangeGasMixture = null;
             if (thermoMachine.Atmospheric)
             {
-                heatExchangeGasMixture = _atmosphereSystem.GetContainingMixture(uid);
+                heatExchangeGasMixture = _atmosphereSystem.GetContainingMixture(uid, excite: true);
             }
             else
             {