diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/LevelRenderer.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/LevelRenderer.cs
index f17838929..28a1f7b89 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/LevelRenderer.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/LevelRenderer.cs
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 
             spriteBatch.Begin(SpriteSortMode.Deferred,
                 BlendState.AlphaBlend,
-                SamplerState.LinearClamp, DepthStencilState.Default, null, null,
+                SamplerState.LinearClamp, DepthStencilState.DepthRead, null, null,
                 cam.Transform);
             if (backgroundSpriteManager != null) backgroundSpriteManager.DrawObjects(spriteBatch, cam, drawFront: true);
             spriteBatch.End();
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Lights/LightManager.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Lights/LightManager.cs
index 49fa1d587..5ce895e7b 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Lights/LightManager.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Lights/LightManager.cs
@@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Lights
                 spriteBatch.Draw(backgroundObstructor, new Rectangle(0, 0,
                     (int)(GameMain.GraphicsWidth * currLightMapScale), (int)(GameMain.GraphicsHeight * currLightMapScale)), Color.White);
             }
+            spriteBatch.End();
+            spriteBatch.Begin(SpriteSortMode.Deferred, BlendState.AlphaBlend, effect: SolidColorEffect, transformMatrix: spriteBatchTransform);
             foreach (Character c in Character.CharacterList)
             {
                 if (c.Enabled) { c.Draw(spriteBatch, cam); }