diff --git a/code/modules/power/supermatter/supermatter.dm b/code/modules/power/supermatter/supermatter.dm
index 2686e74d78d..18c2434e68a 100644
--- a/code/modules/power/supermatter/supermatter.dm
+++ b/code/modules/power/supermatter/supermatter.dm
@@ -575,11 +575,18 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM(main_supermatter_engine, /obj/machinery/power/supermatter_crystal)
 	if (istype(W, /obj/item/melee/roastingstick))
 		return ..()
 	if(istype(W, /obj/item/scalpel/supermatter))
+		var/obj/item/scalpel/supermatter/scalpel = W
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You carefully begin to scrape \the [src] with \the [W]...</span>")
 		if(W.use_tool(src, user, 60, volume=100))
-			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You extract a sliver from \the [src]. \The [src] begins to react violently!</span>")
-			new /obj/item/nuke_core/supermatter_sliver(drop_location())
-			matter_power += 200
+			if (scalpel.usesLeft)
+				to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>You extract a sliver from \the [src]. \The [src] begins to react violently!</span>")
+				new /obj/item/nuke_core/supermatter_sliver(drop_location())
+				matter_power += 800
+				scalpel.usesLeft--
+				if (!scalpel.usesLeft) 
+					to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>A tiny piece of \the [W] falls off, rendering it useless!</span>")
+			else 
+				to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You fail to extract a sliver from \The [src]. \the [W] isn't sharp enough anymore!</span>")
 	else if(user.dropItemToGround(W))
 		user.visible_message("<span class='danger'>As [user] touches \the [src] with \a [W], silence fills the room...</span>",\
 			"<span class='userdanger'>You touch \the [src] with \the [W], and everything suddenly goes silent.</span>\n<span class='notice'>\The [W] flashes into dust as you flinch away from \the [src].</span>",\