diff --git a/zone/entity.cpp b/zone/entity.cpp
index 8dd09bfab..7b427314b 100644
--- a/zone/entity.cpp
+++ b/zone/entity.cpp
@@ -3835,17 +3835,18 @@ uint16 EntityList::CreateGroundObject(uint32 itemid, float x, float y, float z,
 	return 0; // fell through everything, this is bad/incomplete from perl
 }
 
-uint16 EntityList::CreateGroundObjectFromModel(const char *model, float x,
-		float y, float z, float heading, uint8 type, uint32 decay_time)
+uint16 EntityList::CreateGroundObjectFromModel(const char *model, const xyz_heading& position, uint8 type, uint32 decay_time)
 {
-	if (model) {
-			Object *object = new Object(model, x, y, z, heading, type);
-			entity_list.AddObject(object, true);
+	if (!model)
+        return 0;
 
-			if (object)
-				return object->GetID();
-	}
-	return 0; // fell through everything, this is bad/incomplete from perl
+    Object *object = new Object(model, position.m_X, position.m_Y, position.m_Z, position.m_Heading, type);
+    entity_list.AddObject(object, true);
+
+    if (!object)
+        return 0;
+
+    return object->GetID();
 }
 
 uint16 EntityList::CreateDoor(const char *model, const xyz_heading& position, uint8 opentype, uint16 size)
diff --git a/zone/entity.h b/zone/entity.h
index 8e888a9b1..a992a3a5d 100644
--- a/zone/entity.h
+++ b/zone/entity.h
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ public:
 	void	ReloadAllClientsTaskState(int TaskID=0);
 
 	uint16	CreateGroundObject(uint32 itemid, float x, float y, float z, float heading, uint32 decay_time = 300000);
-	uint16	CreateGroundObjectFromModel(const char *model, float x, float y, float z, float heading, uint8 type = 0x00, uint32 decay_time = 0);
+	uint16	CreateGroundObjectFromModel(const char *model, const xyz_heading& position, uint8 type = 0x00, uint32 decay_time = 0);
 	uint16	CreateDoor(const char *model, const xyz_heading& position, uint8 type = 0, uint16 size = 100);
 	void	ZoneWho(Client *c, Who_All_Struct* Who);
 	void	UnMarkNPC(uint16 ID);
diff --git a/zone/questmgr.cpp b/zone/questmgr.cpp
index 165a37071..8c4de1aed 100644
--- a/zone/questmgr.cpp
+++ b/zone/questmgr.cpp
@@ -2352,7 +2352,7 @@ uint16 QuestManager::CreateGroundObject(uint32 itemid, float x, float y, float z
 uint16 QuestManager::CreateGroundObjectFromModel(const char *model, float x, float y, float z, float heading, uint8 type, uint32 decay_time)
 {
 	uint16 entid = 0; //safety check
-	entid = entity_list.CreateGroundObjectFromModel(model, x, y, z, heading, type, decay_time);
+	entid = entity_list.CreateGroundObjectFromModel(model, xyz_heading(x, y, z, heading), type, decay_time);
 	return entid;
 }