diff --git a/src/Chunk.cpp b/src/Chunk.cpp
index eb44828e2..fc128b31c 100644
--- a/src/Chunk.cpp
+++ b/src/Chunk.cpp
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ void cChunk::MarkLoadFailed(void)
 {
 	ASSERT(m_Presence == cpQueued);
 
+	// Mark dirty before generating, so that we get saved and don't have to later generate again:
+	MarkDirty();
+
 	// The chunk is always needed, generate it:
 	m_World->GetGenerator().QueueGenerateChunk({m_PosX, m_PosZ}, false);
 }
@@ -307,6 +310,25 @@ void cChunk::SetAllData(cSetChunkData & a_SetChunkData)
 	m_ChunkData.Assign(std::move(a_SetChunkData.GetChunkData()));
 	m_IsLightValid = a_SetChunkData.IsLightValid();
 
+	// Entities need some extra steps to destroy, so here we're keeping the old ones.
+	// Move the entities already in the chunk, including player entities, so that we don't lose any:
+	a_SetChunkData.GetEntities().insert(
+		a_SetChunkData.GetEntities().end(),
+		std::make_move_iterator(m_Entities.begin()),
+		std::make_move_iterator(m_Entities.end())
+	);
+
+	// Store the augmented result:
+	m_Entities = std::move(a_SetChunkData.GetEntities());
+
+	// Set all the entity variables again:
+	for (const auto & Entity : m_Entities)
+	{
+		Entity->SetWorld(m_World);
+		Entity->SetParentChunk(this);
+		Entity->SetIsTicking(true);
+	}
+
 	// Clear the block entities present - either the loader / saver has better, or we'll create empty ones:
 	m_BlockEntities = std::move(a_SetChunkData.GetBlockEntities());
 
diff --git a/src/World.cpp b/src/World.cpp
index 02de985c6..aea963257 100644
--- a/src/World.cpp
+++ b/src/World.cpp
@@ -2310,13 +2310,6 @@ void cWorld::SetChunkData(cSetChunkData & a_SetChunkData)
 
 	m_ChunkMap.SetChunkData(a_SetChunkData);
 
-	// Initialize the entities (outside the m_ChunkMap's CS, to fix FS #347):
-	for (auto & Entity : a_SetChunkData.GetEntities())
-	{
-		auto EntityPtr = Entity.get();
-		EntityPtr->Initialize(std::move(Entity), *this);
-	}
-
 	// If a client is requesting this chunk, send it to them:
 	int ChunkX = a_SetChunkData.GetChunkX();
 	int ChunkZ = a_SetChunkData.GetChunkZ();
@@ -2337,14 +2330,6 @@ void cWorld::SetChunkData(cSetChunkData & a_SetChunkData)
 			return true;
 		}
 	);
-
-	// Save the chunk right after generating, so that we don't have to generate it again on next run
-	// If saving is disabled, then the chunk was marked dirty so it will get
-	// saved if saving is later enabled.
-	if (a_SetChunkData.ShouldMarkDirty() && IsSavingEnabled())
-	{
-		m_Storage.QueueSaveChunk(ChunkX, ChunkZ);
-	}
 }