diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/objective.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/objective.dm
index ba666dd2003..61625bce4e2 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/objective.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/objective.dm
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ var/global/list/possible_items_special = list()
 /datum/objective/steal/special/New()
 	..()
 	if(!possible_items_special.len)
-		init_subtypes(/datum/objective_item/special,possible_items)
-		init_subtypes(/datum/objective_item/stack,possible_items)
+		init_subtypes(/datum/objective_item/special,possible_items_special)
+		init_subtypes(/datum/objective_item/stack,possible_items_special)
 
 /datum/objective/steal/special/find_target()
 	return set_target(pick(possible_items_special))