diff --git a/unmaintained_plugins/CellProfiler4_autoconverted/convertoutlinestoobjects.py b/active_plugins/convertoutlinestoobjects.py
similarity index 86%
rename from unmaintained_plugins/CellProfiler4_autoconverted/convertoutlinestoobjects.py
rename to active_plugins/convertoutlinestoobjects.py
index 3bc4325c..a5c7d2e9 100644
--- a/unmaintained_plugins/CellProfiler4_autoconverted/convertoutlinestoobjects.py
+++ b/active_plugins/convertoutlinestoobjects.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def run(self, workspace):
 
 
 def convert_outlines_to_objects(outlines, diameter):
+    # turn everything into a label matrix
     labels = skimage.measure.label(
         outlines > 0,
         background=True,
@@ -96,6 +97,15 @@ def convert_outlines_to_objects(outlines, diameter):
 
     background_indexes = numpy.unique(labels)[is_background]
 
+    # set the background to 0
     labels[numpy.isin(labels, background_indexes)] = 0
 
+    # reindex everything to be consecutive
+    indexes = numpy.unique(labels)
+    new_object_count = len(indexes)
+    max_label = numpy.max(labels)
+    label_indexes = numpy.zeros((max_label + 1,), int)
+    label_indexes[indexes] = numpy.arange(0, new_object_count)
+    labels = label_indexes[labels]
+
     return labels