diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/anomalies/anomalies_bioscrambler.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/anomalies/anomalies_bioscrambler.dm
index 214440b92c2..f1034c5541f 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/anomalies/anomalies_bioscrambler.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/anomalies/anomalies_bioscrambler.dm
@@ -29,22 +29,29 @@
 		nearby.bioscramble(name)
 
 /obj/effect/anomaly/bioscrambler/move_anomaly()
+	update_target()
+	if (isnull(pursuit_target))
+		return ..()
+	var/turf/step_turf = get_step(src, get_dir(src, pursuit_target.resolve()))
+	if (!HAS_TRAIT(step_turf, TRAIT_CONTAINMENT_FIELD))
+		Move(step_turf)
+
+/// Select a new target if we need one
+/obj/effect/anomaly/bioscrambler/proc/update_target()
 	var/mob/living/current_target = pursuit_target?.resolve()
 	if (QDELETED(current_target))
 		pursuit_target = null
-	if (isnull(pursuit_target) || prob(20))
-		var/mob/living/new_target = find_nearest_target()
-		if (isnull(new_target))
-			pursuit_target = null
-		else if (new_target != current_target)
-			current_target = new_target
-			pursuit_target = WEAKREF(new_target)
-			new_target.ominous_nosebleed()
-	if (isnull(pursuit_target))
+	if (!isnull(pursuit_target) && prob(80))
 		return
-	var/turf/step_turf = get_step(src, get_dir(src, current_target))
-	if (!HAS_TRAIT(step_turf, TRAIT_CONTAINMENT_FIELD))
-		Move(step_turf)
+	var/mob/living/new_target = find_nearest_target()
+	if (isnull(new_target))
+		pursuit_target = null
+		return
+	if (new_target == current_target)
+		return
+	current_target = new_target
+	pursuit_target = WEAKREF(new_target)
+	new_target.ominous_nosebleed()
 
 /// Returns the closest conscious carbon on our z level or null if there somehow isn't one
 /obj/effect/anomaly/bioscrambler/proc/find_nearest_target()
@@ -53,8 +60,8 @@
 	for(var/mob/living/carbon/target in GLOB.player_list)
 		if (target.z != z)
 			continue
-		if (target.status_effects & GODMODE)
-			continue	
+		if (target.status_flags & GODMODE)
+			continue
 		if (target.stat >= UNCONSCIOUS)
 			continue // Don't just haunt a corpse
 		var/distance_from_target = get_dist(src, target)
@@ -64,3 +71,9 @@
 		closest_target = target
 
 	return closest_target
+
+/// A bioscrambler anomaly subtype which does not pursue people, for purposes of a space ruin
+/obj/effect/anomaly/bioscrambler/docile
+
+/obj/effect/anomaly/bioscrambler/docile/update_target()
+	return
diff --git a/code/modules/mapfluff/ruins/spaceruin_code/anomalyresearch.dm b/code/modules/mapfluff/ruins/spaceruin_code/anomalyresearch.dm
index ba311d44a2a..f290c06d78f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mapfluff/ruins/spaceruin_code/anomalyresearch.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mapfluff/ruins/spaceruin_code/anomalyresearch.dm
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 		/obj/effect/anomaly/flux,
 		/obj/effect/anomaly/bluespace,
 		/obj/effect/anomaly/hallucination,
-		/obj/effect/anomaly/bioscrambler
+		/obj/effect/anomaly/bioscrambler/docile
 	)
 
 	///Do we anchor the anomaly? Set to true if you don't want anomalies drifting away (like if theyre in space or something)