diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/others.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/others.dm
index 06a1989c591..e8053c76bbb 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/others.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/others.dm
@@ -431,19 +431,22 @@
 
 //monkey powder heehoo
 /datum/chemical_reaction/monkey_powder
-	results = list(/datum/reagent/monkey_powder = 3)
+	results = list(/datum/reagent/monkey_powder = 5)
 	required_reagents = list(/datum/reagent/consumable/banana = 1, /datum/reagent/consumable/nutriment=2,/datum/reagent/liquidgibs = 1)
 
 /datum/chemical_reaction/monkey
-	required_reagents = list(/datum/reagent/monkey_powder = 30, /datum/reagent/water = 1)
+	required_reagents = list(/datum/reagent/monkey_powder = 50, /datum/reagent/water = 1)
+	mix_message = "<span class='danger'>Expands into a brown mass before shaping itself into a monkey!.</span>"
 
 /datum/chemical_reaction/monkey/on_reaction(datum/reagents/holder, created_volume)
-	var/obj/item/food/monkeycube/cube = holder.my_atom
-	if(istype(cube))
-		cube.Expand()
-	else
-		var/location = get_turf(holder.my_atom)
-		new /mob/living/carbon/monkey(location, TRUE)
+	var/mob/living/carbon/M = holder.my_atom
+	var/location = get_turf(M)
+	if(istype(M, /mob/living/carbon))
+		if(ismonkey(M))
+			M.gib()
+		else
+			M.vomit(blood = TRUE, stun = TRUE) //not having a redo of itching powder (hopefully)
+	new /mob/living/carbon/monkey(location, TRUE)
 
 //water electrolysis
 /datum/chemical_reaction/electrolysis