diff --git a/code/datums/datum.dm b/code/datums/datum.dm
index 5bfd548b64e..07fad7092a3 100644
--- a/code/datums/datum.dm
+++ b/code/datums/datum.dm
@@ -406,3 +406,11 @@
 /// Can be called more then once per object, use harddel_deets_dumped to avoid duplicate calls (I am so sorry)
 /datum/proc/dump_harddel_info()
 	return
+
+///images are pretty generic, this should help a bit with tracking harddels related to them
+/image/dump_harddel_info()
+	if(harddel_deets_dumped)
+		return
+	harddel_deets_dumped = TRUE
+	return "Image icon: [icon] - icon_state: [icon_state] [loc ? "loc: [loc] ([loc.x],[loc.y],[loc.z])" : ""]"
+
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/basic/bots/bot_hud.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/basic/bots/bot_hud.dm
index c4001473f94..cbadab01360 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/basic/bots/bot_hud.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/basic/bots/bot_hud.dm
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 	clear_path_hud()
 
 	var/list/path_images = active_hud_list[DIAG_PATH_HUD]
-	QDEL_LIST(path_images)
+	LAZYCLEARLIST(path_images)
 
 	var/list/path_huds_watching_me = list(GLOB.huds[DATA_HUD_DIAGNOSTIC_ADVANCED])
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/bot/bot.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/bot/bot.dm
index 39ac1fd02e3..22c7439ec80 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/bot/bot.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/bot/bot.dm
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ Pass a positive integer as an argument to override a bot's default speed.
 		hud.remove_atom_from_hud(src)
 
 	var/list/path_images = active_hud_list[DIAG_PATH_HUD]
-	QDEL_LIST(path_images)
+	LAZYCLEARLIST(path_images)
 	if(length(newpath))
 		var/mutable_appearance/path_image = new /mutable_appearance()
 		path_image.icon = path_image_icon