diff --git a/code/__defines/mapping.dm b/code/__defines/mapping.dm
index 47b24b30658..c5ad65832e3 100644
--- a/code/__defines/mapping.dm
+++ b/code/__defines/mapping.dm
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ if(other_init) { \
 #define ADJUST_TAG_VAR(variable, map_hash) (istext(variable) && (variable += map_hash))
 
 /// Map template categories for mass retrieval.
-#define MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_EXOPLANET      "exoplanet_template"
-#define MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_EXOPLANET_SITE "exoplanet_site_template"
-#define MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_PLANET         "planet_template"
-#define MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_PLANET_SITE    "planet_site_template"
-#define MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_SPACE          "space_template"
-#define MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_AWAYSITE       "awaysite_template"
+#define MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_EXOPLANET       "exoplanet_template"
+#define MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_EXOPLANET_SITE  "exoplanet_site_template"
+#define MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_PLANET          "planet_template"
+#define MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_PLANET_SITE     "planet_site_template"
+#define MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_SPACE           "space_template"
+#define MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_AWAYSITE        "awaysite_template"
+#define MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_LANDMARK_LOADED "landmark_template"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystems/mapping.dm b/code/controllers/subsystems/mapping.dm
index 7f54be02b57..d1d8c7326f9 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystems/mapping.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystems/mapping.dm
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(mapping)
 	for(var/datum/map_template/MT as anything in get_all_template_instances())
 		register_map_template(MT)
 
+	// Load any queued map template markers.
+	for(var/obj/abstract/landmark/map_load_mark/queued_mark in queued_markers)
+		queued_mark.load_subtemplate()
+	queued_markers.Cut()
+
 	// Populate overmap.
 	if(length(global.using_map.overmap_ids))
 		for(var/overmap_id in global.using_map.overmap_ids)
diff --git a/code/modules/maps/helper_landmarks.dm b/code/modules/maps/helper_landmarks.dm
index 76e4e23cb4b..e8c4a5b7547 100644
--- a/code/modules/maps/helper_landmarks.dm
+++ b/code/modules/maps/helper_landmarks.dm
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 	var/centered = TRUE
 	var/list/map_template_names	//list of template names to pick from
 
-/obj/abstract/landmark/map_load_mark/New(loc)
-	..()
+INITIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(/obj/abstract/landmark/map_load_mark)
+/obj/abstract/landmark/map_load_mark/Initialize()
+	. = ..()
 	if(Master.map_loading) // If we're created while a map is being loaded
 		return // Let after_load() handle us
 	if(!SSmapping.initialized) // If we're being created prior to SSmapping
@@ -14,11 +15,15 @@
 		// How did we get here?
 		// These should only be loaded from compiled maps or map templates.
 		PRINT_STACK_TRACE("map_load_mark created outside of maploading")
-		load_subtemplate()
+		init_load_subtemplate()
 
 /obj/abstract/landmark/map_load_mark/proc/get_subtemplate()
 	. = LAZYLEN(map_template_names) && pick(map_template_names)
 
+/obj/abstract/landmark/map_load_mark/proc/init_load_subtemplate()
+	set waitfor = FALSE
+	load_subtemplate()
+
 /obj/abstract/landmark/map_load_mark/proc/load_subtemplate()
 	// Commenting this out temporarily as DMMS breaks when asychronously
 	// loading overlapping map templates. TODO: more robust queuing behavior
diff --git a/code/unit_tests/~unit_test_subsystems.dm b/code/unit_tests/~unit_test_subsystems.dm
index 31b6c97c7eb..9cb2e10f314 100644
--- a/code/unit_tests/~unit_test_subsystems.dm
+++ b/code/unit_tests/~unit_test_subsystems.dm
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(unit_tests)
 		MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_AWAYSITE,
 		MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_PLANET,
 		MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_EXOPLANET,
+		MAP_TEMPLATE_CATEGORY_LANDMARK_LOADED
 	)
 
 /datum/controller/subsystem/unit_tests/Initialize(timeofday)
diff --git a/test/check-paths.sh b/test/check-paths.sh
index a775484c4da..2831ada98b2 100755
--- a/test/check-paths.sh
+++ b/test/check-paths.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ exactly 0 "incorrect indentations" '^( {4,})' -P
 exactly 24 "text2path uses" 'text2path'
 exactly 4 "update_icon() override" '/update_icon\((.*)\)'  -P
 exactly 0 "goto uses" 'goto '
-exactly 6 "atom/New uses" '^/(obj|atom|area|mob|turf).*/New\('
+exactly 5 "atom/New uses" '^/(obj|atom|area|mob|turf).*/New\('
 exactly 1 "decl/New uses" '^/decl.*/New\('
 exactly 0 "tag uses" '\stag = ' -P '**/*.dmm'
 exactly 3 "unmarked globally scoped variables" -P '^(/|)var/(?!global)'