diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/wiremod.dm b/code/__DEFINES/wiremod.dm
index 5bef0a0c363..d01fae862f9 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/wiremod.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/wiremod.dm
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 // Other datatypes
 /// Atom datatype
 #define PORT_TYPE_ATOM "entity"
+/// Datum datatype
+#define PORT_TYPE_DATUM "datum"
 
 
 /// The maximum range between a port and an atom
diff --git a/code/_globalvars/lists/wiremod.dm b/code/_globalvars/lists/wiremod.dm
index 5facb57c929..716a4042283 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/lists/wiremod.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/lists/wiremod.dm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/// The basic types that don't have any super special behaviour.
+/// The basic player-facing types that don't have any super special behaviour.
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(wiremod_basic_types, list(
 	PORT_TYPE_ANY,
 	PORT_TYPE_STRING,
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(wiremod_fundamental_types, list(
 	PORT_TYPE_ANY,
 	PORT_TYPE_NUMBER,
 	PORT_TYPE_ATOM,
+	PORT_TYPE_DATUM,
 	PORT_TYPE_STRING,
 	PORT_TYPE_LIST,
 ))
diff --git a/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/getvar.dm b/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/getvar.dm
index b3aef78c792..87b26855434 100644
--- a/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/getvar.dm
+++ b/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/getvar.dm
@@ -11,19 +11,29 @@
 	/// Entity to get variable of
 	var/datum/port/input/entity
 
+	/// Expected type of output
+	var/datum/port/input/option/expected_output_type
+
 	/// Variable name
 	var/datum/port/input/variable_name
 
 	/// Variable value
 	var/datum/port/output/output_value
 
+/obj/item/circuit_component/get_variable/populate_options()
+	expected_output_type = add_option_port("Expected Output Type", GLOB.wiremod_fundamental_types)
 
 /obj/item/circuit_component/get_variable/populate_ports()
-	entity = add_input_port("Target", PORT_TYPE_ATOM)
+	entity = add_input_port("Target", PORT_TYPE_DATUM)
 	variable_name = add_input_port("Variable Name", PORT_TYPE_STRING)
 
 	output_value = add_output_port("Output Value", PORT_TYPE_ANY)
 
+/obj/item/circuit_component/get_variable/pre_input_received(datum/port/input/port)
+	if(port == expected_output_type)
+		if(output_value.datatype != expected_output_type.value)
+			output_value.set_datatype(expected_output_type.value)
+
 /obj/item/circuit_component/get_variable/input_received(datum/port/input/port)
 	var/atom/object = entity.value
 	var/var_name = variable_name.value
diff --git a/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/proccall.dm b/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/proccall.dm
index 6a991564bca..87e6c1369af 100644
--- a/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/proccall.dm
+++ b/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/proccall.dm
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 
 	var/datum/port/input/option/proccall_options
 
+	/// Expected type of output
+	var/datum/port/input/option/expected_output_type
+
 	/// Entity to proccall on
 	var/datum/port/input/entity
 
@@ -34,13 +37,20 @@
 
 	proccall_options = add_option_port("Proccall Options", component_options)
 
+	expected_output_type = add_option_port("Expected Output Type", GLOB.wiremod_fundamental_types)
+
 /obj/item/circuit_component/proccall/populate_ports()
-	entity = add_input_port("Target", PORT_TYPE_ATOM)
+	entity = add_input_port("Target", PORT_TYPE_DATUM)
 	proc_name = add_input_port("Proc Name", PORT_TYPE_STRING)
 	arguments = add_input_port("Arguments", PORT_TYPE_LIST)
 
 	output_value = add_output_port("Output Value", PORT_TYPE_ANY)
 
+/obj/item/circuit_component/proccall/pre_input_received(datum/port/input/port)
+	if(port == expected_output_type)
+		if(output_value.datatype != expected_output_type.value)
+			output_value.set_datatype(expected_output_type.value)
+
 /obj/item/circuit_component/proccall/input_received(datum/port/input/port)
 	var/called_on
 	if(proccall_options.value == COMP_PROC_OBJECT)
diff --git a/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/setvar.dm b/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/setvar.dm
index 32c5d03147e..3ddf4f5e2aa 100644
--- a/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/setvar.dm
+++ b/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/setvar.dm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 /obj/item/circuit_component/set_variable/populate_ports()
-	entity = add_input_port("Target", PORT_TYPE_ATOM)
+	entity = add_input_port("Target", PORT_TYPE_DATUM)
 	variable_name = add_input_port("Variable Name", PORT_TYPE_STRING)
 	new_value = add_input_port("New Value", PORT_TYPE_ANY)
 
diff --git a/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/signal_handler/signal_handler.dm b/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/signal_handler/signal_handler.dm
index 0309f567986..a274abbc40c 100644
--- a/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/signal_handler/signal_handler.dm
+++ b/code/modules/wiremod/components/admin/signal_handler/signal_handler.dm
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
 	if(entity)
 		remove_output_port(entity)
 
-	target = add_input_port("Target", PORT_TYPE_ATOM, order = 1, trigger = null)
-	entity = add_output_port("Source Entity", PORT_TYPE_ATOM, order = 0)
+	target = add_input_port("Target", PORT_TYPE_DATUM, order = 1, trigger = null)
+	entity = add_output_port("Source Entity", PORT_TYPE_DATUM, order = 0)
 
 /obj/item/circuit_component/signal_handler/save_data_to_list(list/component_data)
 	. = ..()
diff --git a/code/modules/wiremod/datatypes/datum.dm b/code/modules/wiremod/datatypes/datum.dm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3deb84a9de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/modules/wiremod/datatypes/datum.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/datum/circuit_datatype/datum
+	datatype = PORT_TYPE_DATUM
+	color = "yellow"
+	datatype_flags = DATATYPE_FLAG_ALLOW_MANUAL_INPUT
+
+/datum/circuit_datatype/datum/can_receive_from_datatype(datatype_to_check)
+	. = ..()
+	if(.)
+		return
+
+	return datatype_to_check == PORT_TYPE_ATOM
+
+/datum/circuit_datatype/datum/convert_value(datum/port/port, value_to_convert)
+	var/datum/object = value_to_convert
+	if(QDELETED(object))
+		return null
+	return object
diff --git a/tgstation.dme b/tgstation.dme
index 0ba1596b734..5bc1bde5bcc 100644
--- a/tgstation.dme
+++ b/tgstation.dme
@@ -3929,6 +3929,7 @@
 #include "code\modules\wiremod\core\variable.dm"
 #include "code\modules\wiremod\datatypes\any.dm"
 #include "code\modules\wiremod\datatypes\basic.dm"
+#include "code\modules\wiremod\datatypes\datum.dm"
 #include "code\modules\wiremod\datatypes\entity.dm"
 #include "code\modules\wiremod\datatypes\number.dm"
 #include "code\modules\wiremod\datatypes\option.dm"