diff --git a/website/server/models/user/hooks.js b/website/server/models/user/hooks.js
index 7caf30f868..140c232314 100644
--- a/website/server/models/user/hooks.js
+++ b/website/server/models/user/hooks.js
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function _setUpNewUser (user) {
   user.preferences.background = 'violet';
   if (moment().isBefore('2020-11-02')) {
     user.migration = '20201029_habitoween_ladder';
-    user.items.pets['JackOLantern-Base'] = true;
+    user.items.pets['JackOLantern-Base'] = 5;
     user.items.currentPet = 'JackOLantern-Base';
     user.items.food = {
       Candy_Skeleton: 1,