diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
index fd49daadd9d..8491dbc8433 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@
 	update_simplemob_varspeed()
 	if(dextrous)
 		AddComponent(/datum/component/personal_crafting)
+	if(damage_coeff)
+		damage_coeff = string_list(damage_coeff)
+
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/Destroy()
 	GLOB.simple_animals[AIStatus] -= src
@@ -188,6 +191,7 @@
 
 	return ..()
 
+
 /mob/living/simple_animal/attackby(obj/item/O, mob/user, params)
 	if(!is_type_in_list(O, food_type))
 		..()