diff --git a/code/modules/power/tesla/energy_ball.dm b/code/modules/power/tesla/energy_ball.dm
index 8e2db449294..15b151c08ca 100644
--- a/code/modules/power/tesla/energy_ball.dm
+++ b/code/modules/power/tesla/energy_ball.dm
@@ -81,10 +81,8 @@ var/list/blacklisted_tesla_types = typecacheof(list(/obj/machinery/atmospherics,
 
 
 /obj/singularity/energy_ball/proc/move_the_basket_ball(var/move_amount)
-	//we face the last thing we zapped, so this lets us favor that direction a bit
-	var/first_move = dir
 	for(var/i in 0 to move_amount)
-		var/move_dir = pick(alldirs + first_move) //give the first move direction a bit of favoring.
+		var/move_dir = pick(alldirs)
 		if(target && prob(60))
 			move_dir = get_dir(src,target)
 		var/turf/T = get_step(src, move_dir)