diff --git a/code/modules/organs/organ.dm b/code/modules/organs/organ.dm
index f75f9e055dd..a483a43d0fd 100644
--- a/code/modules/organs/organ.dm
+++ b/code/modules/organs/organ.dm
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 /datum/organ/proc/handle_antibiotics()
 	var/antibiotics = owner.reagents.get_reagent_amount("spaceacillin")
 	
-	if (antibiotics < 5)
+	if (!germ_level || antibiotics < 5)
 		return
 		
 	if (germ_level < INFECTION_LEVEL_ONE)
diff --git a/code/modules/organs/organ_external.dm b/code/modules/organs/organ_external.dm
index 5f369141f4a..b885d7610e0 100644
--- a/code/modules/organs/organ_external.dm
+++ b/code/modules/organs/organ_external.dm
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ INFECTION_LEVEL_THREE	above this germ level the player will take additional toxi
 Note that amputating the affected organ does in fact remove the infection from the player's body.
 */
 /datum/organ/external/proc/update_germs()
-
+	
 	if(status & (ORGAN_ROBOT|ORGAN_DESTROYED) || (owner.species && owner.species.flags & IS_PLANT)) //Robotic limbs shouldn't be infected, nor should nonexistant limbs.
 		germ_level = 0
 		return
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ Note that amputating the affected organ does in fact remove the infection from t
 /datum/organ/external/proc/handle_germ_effects()
 	var/antibiotics = owner.reagents.get_reagent_amount("spaceacillin")
 	
-	if (germ_level < INFECTION_LEVEL_ONE && prob(60))	//this could be an else clause, but it looks cleaner this way
+	if (germ_level > 0 && germ_level < INFECTION_LEVEL_ONE && prob(60))	//this could be an else clause, but it looks cleaner this way
 		germ_level--	//since germ_level increases at a rate of 1 per second with dirty wounds, prob(60) should give us about 5 minutes before level one.
 	
 	if(germ_level >= INFECTION_LEVEL_ONE)
diff --git a/code/modules/organs/organ_internal.dm b/code/modules/organs/organ_internal.dm
index 69a86d82ce2..4ad6e328afa 100644
--- a/code/modules/organs/organ_internal.dm
+++ b/code/modules/organs/organ_internal.dm
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 
 /datum/organ/internal/process()
 	//Process infections
-	if (!germ_level)
-		return
 
 	if (robotic >= 2 || (owner.species && owner.species.flags & IS_PLANT))	//TODO make robotic internal and external organs separate types of organ instead of a flag
 		germ_level = 0
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@
 		//** Handle the effects of infections
 		var/antibiotics = owner.reagents.get_reagent_amount("spaceacillin")
 		
-		if (germ_level < INFECTION_LEVEL_ONE/2 && prob(30))
+		if (germ_level > 0 && germ_level < INFECTION_LEVEL_ONE/2 && prob(30))
 			germ_level--
 		
 		if (germ_level >= INFECTION_LEVEL_ONE/2)