diff --git a/code/modules/mob/language/synthetic.dm b/code/modules/mob/language/synthetic.dm
index 991c6595fcf..1397928c2d3 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/language/synthetic.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/language/synthetic.dm
@@ -34,11 +34,10 @@
 		if(!istype(M,/mob/abstract/new_player) && !istype(M,/mob/living/carbon/brain)) //No meta-evesdropping
 			M.show_message("[ghost_follow_link(speaker, M)] [message_start] [message_body]", 2)
 
-	for (var/mob/living/S as anything in living_mob_list)
-
-		if(drone_only && !istype(S,/mob/living/silicon/robot/drone))
+	for(var/mob/living/S in living_mob_list)
+		if(drone_only && !isDrone(S))
 			continue
-		else if(istype(S , /mob/living/silicon/ai))
+		else if(isAI(S))
 			message_start = "<i><span class='game say'>[name], <a href='byond://?src=\ref[S];track2=\ref[S];track=\ref[speaker];trackname=[html_encode(speaker.name)]'><span class='name'>[get_speaker_name(speaker)]</span></a></span></i>"
 		else if (!S.binarycheck() || !can_hear(speaker, S))
 			continue
diff --git a/html/changelogs/geeves-borg_binary_fix.yml b/html/changelogs/geeves-borg_binary_fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0292ccdd40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/geeves-borg_binary_fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+author: Geeves
+
+delete-after: True
+
+changes:
+  - bugfix: "Binary channels now work again."
\ No newline at end of file