diff --git a/code/modules/research/experimentor.dm b/code/modules/research/experimentor.dm
index e57a3762319..acb72b88205 100644
--- a/code/modules/research/experimentor.dm
+++ b/code/modules/research/experimentor.dm
@@ -703,7 +703,8 @@
 		R.realProc = realProc
 		R.revealed = TRUE
 		dupes |= R
-		R.throw_at(pick(oview(7,get_turf(src))),10,1)
+		spawn()
+			R.throw_at(pick(oview(7,get_turf(src))),10,1)
 	counter = 0
 	spawn(rand(10,100))
 		for(counter = 1; counter <= dupes.len; counter++)