From 00e0014a3f34f4af6c61595ddca04e9e238f7618 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NullSnapshot <Noneofyourbusiness@cent.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 17:52:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #9962

---
 code/modules/client/preferences.dm          | 6 +++++-
 code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/modules/client/preferences.dm b/code/modules/client/preferences.dm
index 9627cd65b38..1cbdc095949 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preferences.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preferences.dm
@@ -1183,7 +1183,11 @@ datum/preferences
 				if("name")
 					var/raw_name = input(user, "Choose your character's name:", "Character Preference")  as text|null
 					if (!isnull(raw_name)) // Check to ensure that the user entered text (rather than cancel.)
-						var/new_name = sanitizeName(raw_name)
+						var/new_name
+						if(species == "Machine")
+							new_name = sanitizeName(raw_name,,1)
+						else
+							new_name = sanitizeName(raw_name)
 						if(new_name)
 							real_name = new_name
 						else
diff --git a/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm b/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm
index a67efd084c0..f1b7eb5e0d3 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm
@@ -188,7 +188,11 @@
 
 	//Sanitize
 	metadata		= sanitize_text(metadata, initial(metadata))
-	real_name		= sanitizeName(real_name)
+
+	if(species == "Machine")
+		real_name		= sanitizeName(real_name,,1)
+	else
+		real_name		= sanitizeName(real_name)
 
 	if(isnull(species) || !(species in playable_species))
 		species = "Human"