diff --git a/code/modules/nano/modules/crew_monitor.dm b/code/modules/nano/modules/crew_monitor.dm
index b000b941404..8fff2db3739 100644
--- a/code/modules/nano/modules/crew_monitor.dm
+++ b/code/modules/nano/modules/crew_monitor.dm
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 	// This checks if TCOMS is online using the test proc. If it isn't, the suit sensor data isn't loaded.
 	var/datum/signal/signal
 	signal = telecomms_process_active()
+	data["signal"] = 0
 	if(signal.data["done"] == 1)
 		data["isAI"] = isAI(user)
 		data["crewmembers"] = list()
+		data["signal"] = 1
 		for(var/z_level in map_levels)
 			data["crewmembers"] += crew_repository.health_data(z_level)
 
diff --git a/nano/templates/crew_monitor.tmpl b/nano/templates/crew_monitor.tmpl
index 4bbf18c0656..ac53dc6566d 100644
--- a/nano/templates/crew_monitor.tmpl
+++ b/nano/templates/crew_monitor.tmpl
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Used In File(s): \code\game\machinery\computer\crew.dm
 			<tr><td>{{:value.name}} ({{:value.assignment}})</td><td class='living'>{{:value.dead ? "<span class='bad'>Deceased</span>" : "<span class='good'>Living</span>"}} (<span class="oxyloss">{{:value.oxy}}</span>/<span class="toxin">{{:value.tox}}</span>/<span class="burn">{{:value.fire}}</span>/<span class="brute">{{:value.brute}}</span>)</td><td>{{:value.area}}({{:value.x}}, {{:value.y}}, {{:value.z}})</td>{{if data.isAI}}<td class='tracking'>{{:helper.link('Track', null, {'track' : value.ref})}}</td>{{/if}}</tr>
 		{{/if}}
 		{{empty}}
-			"<span class = 'bad'> Unable to establish a connection to telecommunications!</span>"
+			{{if data.signal == 0}}
+				<span class = 'bad'>Unable to estabalish a connection to telecommunications!</span>
+			{{else}}
+				<span class = 'bad'>No suit sensors detected!</span>
+			{{/if}}
 	{{/for}}
 </tbody></table>
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