diff --git a/code/game/machinery/computer/arcade.dm b/code/game/machinery/computer/arcade.dm
index 01506f413b8..a1315588252 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/computer/arcade.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/computer/arcade.dm
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@
if(prob(90) && !hull)
var/turf/simulated/floor/F = src.loc
F.ChangeTurf(/turf/space)
- src.visible_message("Something slams into the floor around \the [src], exposing it to space!", "You hear something crack and break.")
+ src.visible_message("Something slams into the floor around \the [src], exposing it to space!", "You hear something crack and break.")
else
src.visible_message("Something slams into the floor around \the [src] - luckily, it didn't get through!", "You hear something crack.")
if(ORION_TRAIL_MALFUNCTION)