diff --git a/src/game.cpp b/src/game.cpp
index 9c2b2d2bd636e..a79a183926ddb 100644
--- a/src/game.cpp
+++ b/src/game.cpp
@@ -9491,19 +9491,24 @@ void game::ftl_drive( const tripoint &om_dest, vehicle& veh )
     load_map( map_om_pos );
 
     // restore vehicle
-    m.place_vehicle_ftl( std::move(warping_veh), u.pos() );
+    m.place_vehicle_ftl( std::move(warping_veh), om_dest );
     // restore npc
     for( npc* passenger_npc : passenger_list_npc) {
-        passenger_npc->spawn_at_precise( { get_levx(), get_levy() }, passenger_npc->pos() );
+        //passenger_npc->spawn_at_precise( { get_levx(), get_levy() }, passenger_npc->pos() );
+        tripoint npc_warp_dest_pos = passenger_npc->pos();
+        npc_warp_dest_pos.z = om_dest.z;
+        passenger_npc->setpos( npc_warp_dest_pos );
     }
     // restore monster
     for( monster* passenger : passenger_list) {
         int fallback_radius = 2;
         // TODO handle case that when if monster does not placed
         // monster *const placed =
+        tripoint monster_warp_dest_pos = passenger->pos();
+        monster_warp_dest_pos.z = om_dest.z;
         place_critter_around(
             make_shared_fast<monster>( *passenger ),
-            passenger->pos(),
+            monster_warp_dest_pos,
             fallback_radius );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/mapgen.cpp b/src/mapgen.cpp
index 783261cb7f2c9..b01125d6a8fd0 100644
--- a/src/mapgen.cpp
+++ b/src/mapgen.cpp
@@ -6032,7 +6032,7 @@ vehicle *map::add_vehicle( const vproto_id &type, const tripoint &p, const int d
 }
 
 // for variant FTL
-void map::place_vehicle_ftl( std::unique_ptr<vehicle> veh, const tripoint& /*dest*/ ) {
+void map::place_vehicle_ftl( std::unique_ptr<vehicle> veh, const tripoint& om_dest ) {
 
     // all of this method is almost copy pesta from half of bottom of map::add_vehicle
 
@@ -6050,6 +6050,8 @@ void map::place_vehicle_ftl( std::unique_ptr<vehicle> veh, const tripoint& /*des
 
     //debugmsg("adding veh: %d, sm: %d,%d,%d, pos: %d, %d", veh, veh->smx, veh->smy, veh->smz, veh->posx, veh->posy);
 
+    veh->sm_pos.z = om_dest.z;
+
     std::unique_ptr<vehicle> placed_vehicle_up =
         add_vehicle_to_map( std::move( veh ), true );
     vehicle *placed_vehicle = placed_vehicle_up.get();