diff --git a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/food/monkeycube.dm b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/food/monkeycube.dm
index fcce5eb9f0a..08595e885fd 100644
--- a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/food/monkeycube.dm
+++ b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/food/monkeycube.dm
@@ -33,7 +33,16 @@
 		holder.dropItemToGround(src)
 
 	var/mob/spammer = get_mob_by_key(fingerprintslast)
-	var/mob/living/bananas = new spawned_mob(drop_location(), TRUE, spammer) // funny that we pass monkey init args to non-monkey mobs, that's totally a future issue
+	var/mob/living/bananas = null
+	if (ispath(spawned_mob, /mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey))
+		var/cap = CONFIG_GET(number/monkeycap)
+		if (LAZYLEN(SSmobs.cubemonkeys) < cap)
+			bananas = new spawned_mob(drop_location(), TRUE)
+		else if (spammer)
+			to_chat(spammer, span_warning("Bluespace harmonics prevent the creation of more than [cap] monkeys on the station at one time!"))
+	else
+		bananas = new(drop_location())
+
 	if (!QDELETED(bananas))
 		ADD_TRAIT(bananas, TRAIT_SPAWNED_MOB, INNATE_TRAIT)
 		SET_FACTION_AND_ALLIES_FROM(bananas, src)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/monkey.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/monkey.dm
index dc7324040c9..4f86e57d18f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/monkey.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/monkey.dm
@@ -3,14 +3,9 @@
 	race = /datum/species/monkey
 	ai_controller = /datum/ai_controller/monkey
 
-/mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey/Initialize(mapload, cubespawned = FALSE, mob/spawner)
+/mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey/Initialize(mapload, cubespawned = FALSE)
 	ADD_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_BORN_MONKEY, INNATE_TRAIT)
 	if (cubespawned)
-		var/cap = CONFIG_GET(number/monkeycap)
-		if (LAZYLEN(SSmobs.cubemonkeys) > cap)
-			if (spawner)
-				to_chat(spawner, span_warning("Bluespace harmonics prevent the spawning of more than [cap] monkeys on the station at one time!"))
-			return INITIALIZE_HINT_QDEL
 		SSmobs.cubemonkeys += src
 	return ..()
 
@@ -21,7 +16,7 @@
 /mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey/angry
 	ai_controller = /datum/ai_controller/monkey/angry
 
-/mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey/angry/Initialize(mapload, cubespawned = FALSE, mob/spawner)
+/mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey/angry/Initialize(mapload, cubespawned = FALSE)
 	. = ..()
 	if(prob(10))
 		INVOKE_ASYNC(src, PROC_REF(give_ape_escape_helmet))
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/others.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/others.dm
index 3c6907e4dfe..e65c1ecfc1d 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/others.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/others.dm
@@ -658,7 +658,9 @@
 		else
 			maybe_monkey.vomit(VOMIT_CATEGORY_BLOOD)
 			to_chat(maybe_monkey, span_danger("You vomit out blood, making you feel grossly monkeyish."))
-	new /mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey(location, TRUE)
+
+	if (LAZYLEN(SSmobs.cubemonkeys) < CONFIG_GET(number/monkeycap))
+		new /mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey(location, TRUE)
 
 /datum/chemical_reaction/angry_monkey
 	required_reagents = list(/datum/reagent/monkey_powder = 50, /datum/reagent/inverse/bath_salts = 10)
@@ -675,7 +677,9 @@
 		else
 			maybe_monkey.vomit(VOMIT_CATEGORY_BLOOD)
 			to_chat(maybe_monkey, span_danger("You vomit out blood, making you feel grossly monkeyish."))
-	new /mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey/angry(location, TRUE)
+
+	if (LAZYLEN(SSmobs.cubemonkeys) < CONFIG_GET(number/monkeycap))
+		new /mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey/angry(location, TRUE)
 
 //water electrolysis
 /datum/chemical_reaction/electrolysis
diff --git a/code/modules/research/xenobiology/xenobio_camera.dm b/code/modules/research/xenobiology/xenobio_camera.dm
index b26e759c218..e36789f3106 100644
--- a/code/modules/research/xenobiology/xenobio_camera.dm
+++ b/code/modules/research/xenobiology/xenobio_camera.dm
@@ -266,7 +266,12 @@
 		target_turf.balloon_alert(user, "not enough monkeys")
 		return
 
-	var/mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey/food = new /mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey(target_turf, TRUE, user)
+	var/cap = CONFIG_GET(number/monkeycap)
+	if (LAZYLEN(SSmobs.cubemonkeys) < cap)
+		to_chat(user, span_warning("Bluespace harmonics prevent the creation of more than [cap] monkeys on the station at one time!"))
+		return
+
+	var/mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey/food = new /mob/living/carbon/human/species/monkey(target_turf, TRUE)
 	if (QDELETED(food))
 		return