diff --git a/code/modules/research/experimentor.dm b/code/modules/research/experimentor.dm
index 993ada3aa78..f4db3358cd9 100644
--- a/code/modules/research/experimentor.dm
+++ b/code/modules/research/experimentor.dm
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
 			ejectItem(TRUE)
 		if(prob(EFFECT_PROB_VERYLOW-badThingCoeff))
 			visible_message("<span class='notice'>[src]'s chemical chamber has sprung a leak!.</span>")
-			var/list/chems = list("mutationtoxin","nanites","xenomicrobes")
+			var/list/chems = list("mutationtoxin","nanomachines","xenomicrobes")
 			var/datum/reagents/R = new/datum/reagents(50)
 			R.my_atom = src
 			R.add_reagent(pick(chems) = 50)