diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Tools/tools.xml b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Tools/tools.xml
index 28f6bcfc1..ec89b9926 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Tools/tools.xml
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/Items/Tools/tools.xml
@@ -286,11 +286,11 @@
 
     <Holdable slots="Any,RightHand,LeftHand,Face" holdpos="30,-15" aimpos="100,0" handle1="-13,0" handle2="-13,0">
       <StatusEffect type="OnActive" target="Contained" Condition="-0.2"/>
+      <!-- the child LightComponent is only active when the Holdable is active, i.e. when the item is being held -->
+      <LightComponent LightColor="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" Flicker="0.1" range="800" powerconsumption="10" IsOn="true">
+        <LightTexture texture="Content/Lights/lightcone.png" origin="0.0, 0.5" size="2.0,1.0"/>
+      </LightComponent>
     </Holdable>
-
-    <LightComponent LightColor="1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0" Flicker="0.1" range="800" powerconsumption="10" IsOn="true">
-      <LightTexture texture="Content/Lights/lightcone.png" origin="0.0, 0.5" size="2.0,1.0"/>
-    </LightComponent>
     
     <ItemContainer capacity="1" hideitems="true">
       <Containable name="Battery Cell, Fulgurium Battery Cell">