diff --git a/dist/habitrpg-shared.js b/dist/habitrpg-shared.js
index 0fe57ea30d..12a2575ddb 100644
--- a/dist/habitrpg-shared.js
+++ b/dist/habitrpg-shared.js
@@ -12977,6 +12977,9 @@ api.wrap = function(user, main) {
               message = user.fns.handleTwoHanded(item, type, req);
             }
         }
+        if (typeof user.markModified === "function") {
+          user.markModified("items.gear." + type);
+        }
         return typeof cb === "function" ? cb((message ? {
           code: 200,
           message: message
diff --git a/script/index.coffee b/script/index.coffee
index 28b8c30b6c..2c2f74f23c 100644
--- a/script/index.coffee
+++ b/script/index.coffee
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ api.wrap = (user, main=true) ->
             else
               user.items.gear[type][item.type] = item.key
               message = user.fns.handleTwoHanded(item,type,req)
+        user.markModified? "items.gear.#{type}"
         cb? (if message then {code:200,message} else null), user.items
 
       hatch: (req, cb) ->