diff --git a/src/cable_car.c b/src/cable_car.c
index 8a666a536e..522ea01a97 100644
--- a/src/cable_car.c
+++ b/src/cable_car.c
@@ -880,8 +880,12 @@ static void CreateCableCarSprites(void)
     // 1/64 chance for an NPC to appear hiking on the ground below the Cable Car
     if ((rval % 64) == 0)
     {
-        // Unclear if this was intentional, but the - 1 in the below ARRAY_COUNT means the Zigzagoon is never used
+        // BUGFIX: The - 1 in the below ARRAY_COUNT means the Zigzagoon is never used
+#ifdef BUGFIX
+        spriteId = CreateObjectGraphicsSprite(hikerGraphicsIds[rval % ARRAY_COUNT(hikerGraphicsIds)], hikerCallbacks[GOING_DOWN], hikerCoords[GOING_DOWN][0], hikerCoords[GOING_DOWN][1], 106);
+#else
         spriteId = CreateObjectGraphicsSprite(hikerGraphicsIds[rval % (ARRAY_COUNT(hikerGraphicsIds) - 1)], hikerCallbacks[GOING_DOWN], hikerCoords[GOING_DOWN][0], hikerCoords[GOING_DOWN][1], 106);
+#endif
         if (spriteId != MAX_SPRITES)
         {
             gSprites[spriteId].oam.priority = 2;