diff --git a/code/modules/ventcrawl/ventcrawl_atmospherics.dm b/code/modules/ventcrawl/ventcrawl_atmospherics.dm
index ac9d4d5c6c0..4a9901952c6 100644
--- a/code/modules/ventcrawl/ventcrawl_atmospherics.dm
+++ b/code/modules/ventcrawl/ventcrawl_atmospherics.dm
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	. = ..()
 
 /obj/machinery/atmospherics/relaymove(mob/living/user, direction)
-	if(!(direction & initialize_directions)) //can't go in a way we aren't connecting to
+	if(user.loc != src || !(direction & initialize_directions)) //can't go in a way we aren't connecting to
 		return
 	ventcrawl_to(user,findConnecting(direction, user.ventcrawl_layer),direction)
 
diff --git a/html/changelogs/Bedshaped-PR-984.yml b/html/changelogs/Bedshaped-PR-984.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b4a515fe07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/Bedshaped-PR-984.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+author: Bedshaped
+
+delete-after: True
+
+changes: 
+  - bugfix: "Thanks Zuhayr: Fixed behaviour where interacting with some atmos machinery caused you to pseudo ventcrawl."