diff --git a/code/modules/admin/topic.dm b/code/modules/admin/topic.dm
index 7e17a279579..7c6aa721cac 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/topic.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/topic.dm
@@ -2248,7 +2248,8 @@
 		thing_to_check = splittext(thing_to_check, ", ")
 
 
-		var/list/dat = list("Related accounts by [uppertext(href_list["showrelatedacc"])]:", thing_to_check)
+		var/list/dat = list("Related accounts by [uppertext(href_list["showrelatedacc"])]:")
+		dat += thing_to_check
 
 		usr << browse(dat.Join("<br>"), "window=related_[C];size=420x300")