diff --git a/code/modules/mapfluff/ruins/objects_and_mobs/ash_walker_den.dm b/code/modules/mapfluff/ruins/objects_and_mobs/ash_walker_den.dm
index 8d36ac3bf58..19ef76824df 100644
--- a/code/modules/mapfluff/ruins/objects_and_mobs/ash_walker_den.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mapfluff/ruins/objects_and_mobs/ash_walker_den.dm
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
 	return ..()
 
 /obj/structure/lavaland/ash_walker/deconstruct(disassembled)
-	new /obj/item/assembly/signaler/anomaly (get_step(loc, pick(GLOB.alldirs)))
+	var/core_to_drop = pick(subtypesof(/obj/item/assembly/signaler/anomaly))
+	new core_to_drop (get_step(loc, pick(GLOB.alldirs)))
 	new /obj/effect/collapse(loc)
 	return ..()