diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/wayfinding.dm b/code/game/objects/items/wayfinding.dm
index 7a0b2f10cd0..f223d3fb338 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/wayfinding.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/wayfinding.dm
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>Your pinpointer fails to detect a signal.</span>")
 		return
 
-	var/A = input(user, "", "Pinpoint") in sortNames(beacons)
+	var/A = input(user, "", "Pinpoint") as null|anything in sortList(beacons)
 	if(!A || QDELETED(src) || !user || !user.is_holding(src) || user.incapacitated())
 		return