diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/thangs/LevelThangEditView.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/thangs/LevelThangEditView.coffee
index 8bc0455e4..42fca453a 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/thangs/LevelThangEditView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/thangs/LevelThangEditView.coffee
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ module.exports = class LevelThangEditView extends CocoView
       supermodel: @supermodel
       level: @level
       world: @world
-      thangType: thangType
+      
+    if @level.get('type') is 'hero' then options.thangType = thangType
 
     @thangComponentEditView = new ThangComponentsEditView options
     @listenTo @thangComponentEditView, 'components-changed', @onComponentsChanged