diff --git a/lib/components/normal-components/Resistor.ts b/lib/components/normal-components/Resistor.ts
index 7298d89..310354f 100644
--- a/lib/components/normal-components/Resistor.ts
+++ b/lib/components/normal-components/Resistor.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { resistorProps } from "@tscircuit/props"
 import type { PassivePorts, Ftype, BaseSymbolName } from "lib/utils/constants"
 import { NormalComponent } from "../base-components/NormalComponent"
+import type { SourceSimpleResistorInput } from "@tscircuit/soup"
 
 export class Resistor extends NormalComponent<
   typeof resistorProps,
@@ -16,4 +17,19 @@ export class Resistor extends NormalComponent<
 
   pin1 = this.portMap.pin1
   pin2 = this.portMap.pin2
+
+  doInitialSourceRender() {
+    const { db } = this.project!
+    const { _parsedProps: props } = this
+    const source_component = db.source_component.insert({
+      ftype: "simple_resistor",
+      name: props.name,
+      // @ts-ignore
+      manufacturer_part_number: props.manufacturerPartNumber ?? props.mfn,
+      supplier_part_numbers: props.supplierPartNumbers,
+
+      resistance: props.resistance,
+    } as SourceSimpleResistorInput)
+    this.source_component_id = source_component.source_component_id
+  }
 }