diff --git a/addons/overthrow_main/functions/player/fn_initPlayerLocal.sqf b/addons/overthrow_main/functions/player/fn_initPlayerLocal.sqf
index 721a1d697..8e4e23a29 100644
--- a/addons/overthrow_main/functions/player/fn_initPlayerLocal.sqf
+++ b/addons/overthrow_main/functions/player/fn_initPlayerLocal.sqf
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ private _newrecruits = [];
             };
         };
     };
-    _newrecruits pushBack [_owner, _name, _civ, _rank, _loadout, _type];
+    _newrecruits pushBack [_owner, _name, _civ, _rank, _loadout, _type, _xp];
 } forEach (_recruits);
 server setVariable ["recruits", _newrecruits, true];
 
diff --git a/addons/overthrow_main/functions/save/fn_saveGame.sqf b/addons/overthrow_main/functions/save/fn_saveGame.sqf
index d1813473b..9483d23d6 100644
--- a/addons/overthrow_main/functions/save/fn_saveGame.sqf
+++ b/addons/overthrow_main/functions/save/fn_saveGame.sqf
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ private _recruits = ((server getVariable ["recruits", []]) select {
     if (_unitOrPos isEqualType objNull) then {
         _d set [4, getUnitLoadout _unitOrPos];
         _d set [2, getPosATL _unitOrPos];
+        _d set [3, rank _unitOrPos];
         _d set [6, _unitOrPos getVariable ["OT_xp", 0]];
     };