diff --git a/Content.Shared/Changeling/ChangelingIdentitySystem.cs b/Content.Shared/Changeling/ChangelingIdentitySystem.cs
index 8f704c49be..5e1fa25e4c 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Changeling/ChangelingIdentitySystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Changeling/ChangelingIdentitySystem.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public sealed class ChangelingIdentitySystem : EntitySystem
     [Dependency] private readonly SharedPvsOverrideSystem _pvsOverrideSystem = default!;
 
     public MapId? PausedMapId;
+    private int _numberOfStoredIdentities = 0; // TODO: remove this
 
     public override void Initialize()
     {
@@ -101,7 +102,11 @@ public sealed class ChangelingIdentitySystem : EntitySystem
             return null;
 
         EnsurePausedMap();
-        var mob = Spawn(speciesPrototype.Prototype, new MapCoordinates(Vector2.Zero, PausedMapId!.Value));
+        // TODO: Setting the spawn location is a shitty bandaid to prevent admins from crashing our servers.
+        // Movercontrollers and mob collisions are currently being calculated even for paused entities.
+        // Spawning all of them in the same spot causes severe performance problems.
+        // Cryopods and Polymorph have the same problem.
+        var mob = Spawn(speciesPrototype.Prototype, new MapCoordinates(new Vector2(2 * _numberOfStoredIdentities++, 0), PausedMapId!.Value));
 
         var storedIdentity = EnsureComp<ChangelingStoredIdentityComponent>(mob);
         storedIdentity.OriginalEntity = target; // TODO: network this once we have WeakEntityReference or the autonetworking source gen is fixed