diff --git a/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm b/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm
index 3973893b8f1..f983b28d2c9 100644
--- a/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm
+++ b/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 
 /datum/language_holder/synthetic
 	languages = list(/datum/language/common)
-	shadow_languages = list(/datum/language/machine, /datum/language/draconic)
+	shadow_languages = list(/datum/language/common, /datum/language/machine, /datum/language/draconic)
 
 /datum/language_holder/universal/New()
 	..()