diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/storage/cases.dm b/code/game/objects/items/storage/cases.dm
index 3ef5e2c790f9..0a69e5d9afb5 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/storage/cases.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/storage/cases.dm
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 /obj/item/storage/case/surgery/ComponentInitialize()
 	. = ..()
 	var/datum/component/storage/STR = GetComponent(/datum/component/storage)
-	STR.max_w_class = WEIGHT_CLASS_NORMAL
+	STR.max_w_class = INFINITY //workaround for the differently sized items, case is still limited to 7 items max and to the list.
+	STR.max_combined_w_class = INFINITY //part of the workaround, not setting a max combined weight defaults to some weird number.
 	STR.max_items = 7
 	STR.set_holdable(list(
 		/obj/item/healthanalyzer,