diff --git a/Subsurface/Content/Items/Containers/containers.xml b/Subsurface/Content/Items/Containers/containers.xml
index b892ccd08..8dcb3d0b5 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Content/Items/Containers/containers.xml
+++ b/Subsurface/Content/Items/Containers/containers.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     linkable="true"
     pickdistance ="150">
 
-    <Sprite texture ="cabinets.png" depth="0.84" sourcerect="0,0,48,64"/>
+    <Sprite texture ="cabinets.png" depth="0.84" sourcerect="0,0,48,64" canflipx="false"/>
 
     <ItemContainer capacity="20" canbeselected="true" hideitems="true">
       <Containable name="chem"/>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
    linkable="true"
    pickdistance ="150">
 
-    <Sprite texture ="cabinets.png" depth="0.84" sourcerect="0,64,48,64"/>
+    <Sprite texture ="cabinets.png" depth="0.84" sourcerect="0,64,48,64" canflipx="false"/>
 
     <ItemContainer capacity="20" canbeselected="true" hideitems="true">
       <Containable name="chem"/>
diff --git a/Subsurface/Content/Items/Electricity/poweritems.xml b/Subsurface/Content/Items/Electricity/poweritems.xml
index d7b33a2ad..744d114e0 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Content/Items/Electricity/poweritems.xml
+++ b/Subsurface/Content/Items/Electricity/poweritems.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     pickdistance="150"
     description="Serves as a hub for power distribution and relaying signals between devices.">
     
-    <Sprite texture ="junctionbox.png" depth="0.8"/>
+    <Sprite texture="junctionbox.png" depth="0.8" canflipx="false"/>
 
     <fixrequirement name="Electrical repairs">
       <skill name="Electrical Engineering" level="40"/>
diff --git a/Subsurface/Content/Map/StructurePrefabs.xml b/Subsurface/Content/Map/StructurePrefabs.xml
index 5d045427b..bf1c8422e 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Content/Map/StructurePrefabs.xml
+++ b/Subsurface/Content/Map/StructurePrefabs.xml
@@ -29,39 +29,39 @@
   </smallverticalback2>
 
   <engineeringLabel width="153" height="16">
-    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,426,153,16" depth ="0.99"/>
+    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,426,153,16" depth="0.99" canflipx="false"/>
   </engineeringLabel>
 
   <commandLabel width="128" height="16">
-    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,443,128,16" depth ="0.99"/>
+    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,443,128,16" depth="0.99" canflipx="false"/>
   </commandLabel>
 
   <airlockLabel width = "99" height ="16">
-    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,460,199,16" depth ="0.99"/>
+    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,460,199,16" depth="0.99" canflipx="false"/>
   </airlockLabel>
 
   <cabinsLabel width="83" height="16">
-    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,477,83,16" depth ="0.99"/>
+    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,477,83,16" depth="0.99" canflipx="false"/>
   </cabinsLabel>
 
   <medicalLabel width="110" height="16">
-    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,494,110,16" depth="0.99"/>
+    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,494,110,16" depth="0.99" canflipx="false"/>
   </medicalLabel>
 
   <arrowUp width="16" height="16">
-    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="129,460,16,16" depth ="0.99" canflipx="true"/>
+    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="129,460,16,16" depth ="0.99"/>
   </arrowUp>
 
   <arrowDown width="16" height="16">
-    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="146,460,16,16" depth ="0.99" canflipx="true"/>
+    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="146,460,16,16" depth ="0.99"/>
   </arrowDown>
 
   <arrowLeft width="16" height="16">
-    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="129,477,16,16" depth ="0.99" canflipx="true"/>
+    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="129,477,16,16" depth ="0.99"/>
   </arrowLeft>
 
   <arrowRight width="16" height="16">
-    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="146,477,16,16" depth ="0.99" canflipx="true"/>
+    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="146,477,16,16" depth ="0.99"/>
   </arrowRight>
 
   <leftwall description="A vertical wall with collision detection"    
@@ -170,19 +170,19 @@
   </PipesBackground>
 
   <SlopeForward width="16" height="16" resizehorizontal="true" resizevertical="true">
-    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,0,224,64" depth = "0.95" canflipx="true"/>
+    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,0,224,64" depth = "0.95" />
   </SlopeForward>
 
   <SlopeBack width="16" height="16" resizehorizontal="true" resizevertical="true">
-    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,64,224,64" depth = "0.95" canflipx="true"/>
+    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="0,64,224,64" depth = "0.95" />
   </SlopeBack>
 
   <stairsright width="256" height="320" stairdirection="Right">
-    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="256,193,256,319" depth = "0.1" canflipx="true"/>
+    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="256,193,256,319" depth = "0.1" />
   </stairsright>
 
   <stairsleft width="256" height="320" stairdirection="Left">
-    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="256,193,256,319" fliphorizontal="true" depth = "0.1"  canflipx="true"/>
+    <sprite texture="Content/Map/structures2.png" sourcerect="256,193,256,319" fliphorizontal="true" depth = "0.1" />
   </stairsleft>
 
   <bunk width="173" height="129">
diff --git a/Subsurface/Source/Items/ItemPrefab.cs b/Subsurface/Source/Items/ItemPrefab.cs
index 1c77e90ae..574fb1be1 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Source/Items/ItemPrefab.cs
+++ b/Subsurface/Source/Items/ItemPrefab.cs
@@ -288,8 +288,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                             spriteFolder = Path.GetDirectoryName(filePath);
                         }
 
-                        if (ToolBox.GetAttributeBool(subElement, "canflipx", false))
-                            canSpriteFlipX = true;
+                        canSpriteFlipX = ToolBox.GetAttributeBool(subElement, "canflipx", true);
 
                         sprite = new Sprite(subElement, spriteFolder);
                         size = sprite.size;
diff --git a/Subsurface/Source/Map/StructurePrefab.cs b/Subsurface/Source/Map/StructurePrefab.cs
index e26609623..9779779d6 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Source/Map/StructurePrefab.cs
+++ b/Subsurface/Source/Map/StructurePrefab.cs
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                             sp.sprite.effects = SpriteEffects.FlipHorizontally;
                         if (ToolBox.GetAttributeBool(subElement, "flipvertical", false)) 
                             sp.sprite.effects = SpriteEffects.FlipVertically;
-                        if (ToolBox.GetAttributeBool(subElement, "canflipx", false))
-                            sp.canSpriteFlipX = true;
+                        
+                        sp.canSpriteFlipX = ToolBox.GetAttributeBool(subElement, "canflipx", true);
 
                         break;
                     case "backgroundsprite":