diff --git a/qbsp/portals.cc b/qbsp/portals.cc
index 72475062..3ddb1d7e 100644
--- a/qbsp/portals.cc
+++ b/qbsp/portals.cc
@@ -920,10 +920,14 @@ void EmitAreaPortals(node_t *headnode)
 
     // don't do anything else if we've leaked
     if (map.leakfile || map.antiregions.size() || map.region) {
+
+        map.bsp.dareas.emplace_back();
+
         for (auto &e : map.entities) {
             e.areaportalnum = 0;
             e.epairs.remove("style");
         }
+
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/qbsp/writebsp.cc b/qbsp/writebsp.cc
index 46467a2d..c72b66fd 100644
--- a/qbsp/writebsp.cc
+++ b/qbsp/writebsp.cc
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ static void ExportLeaf(node_t *node)
         dleaf.area = AREA_INVALID;
     } else {
         if (map.leakfile || map.region || map.antiregions.size()) {
-            dleaf.area = 0;
+            dleaf.area = 1;
         } else {
             dleaf.area = node->area;
         }