diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/jobs.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/jobs.dm
index 8dea8c82e2f..9403b54bb2c 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/jobs.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/jobs.dm
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ var/datum/subsystem/job/SSjob
 /datum/subsystem/job/proc/LoadJobs()
 	var/jobstext = return_file_text("config/jobs.txt")
 	for(var/datum/job/J in occupations)
-		var/regex/jobs = regex("[J.title]=(-1|\\d+),(-1|\\d+)")
+		var/regex/jobs = new("[J.title]=(-1|\\d+),(-1|\\d+)")
 		jobs.Find(jobstext)
 		J.total_positions = text2num(jobs.group[2])
 		J.spawn_positions = text2num(jobs.group[3])
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types.dm
index 7af4241e18d..0c3c10150f4 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types.dm
@@ -74,10 +74,11 @@ datum/species/human/spec_death(gibbed, mob/living/carbon/human/H)
 
 	return randname
 
-/datum/species/lizard/qualifies_for_rank(rank, list/features)
-	if(rank in command_positions)
-		return 0
-	return 1
+/datum/species/lizard/handle_speech(message)
+	if(copytext(message, 1, 2) != "*")
+		message = replacetextEx(message, "s", "sss")
+		message = replacetextEx(message, "S", "SSS")
+	return message
 
 //I wag in death
 /datum/species/lizard/spec_death(gibbed, mob/living/carbon/human/H)