diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/implants/implant_mindshield.dm b/code/game/objects/items/implants/implant_mindshield.dm
index af2e7ffe765..31445f0f928 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/implants/implant_mindshield.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/implants/implant_mindshield.dm
@@ -26,6 +26,21 @@
 		if(target.mind.has_antag_datum(/datum/antagonist/brainwashed))
 			target.mind.remove_antag_datum(/datum/antagonist/brainwashed)
 
+		var/datum/antagonist/hivemind/host = target.mind.has_antag_datum(/datum/antagonist/hivemind) //Releases the target from mind control beforehand
+		if(host)
+			var/datum/mind/M = host.owner
+			if(M)
+				var/obj/effect/proc_holder/spell/target_hive/hive_control/the_spell = locate(/obj/effect/proc_holder/spell/target_hive/hive_control) in M.spell_list
+				if(the_spell && the_spell.active)
+					the_spell.release_control()
+
+		if(target.mind.has_antag_datum(/datum/antagonist/rev/head) || target.mind.has_antag_datum(/datum/antagonist/hivemind) || target.mind.unconvertable)
+			if(!silent)
+				target.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[target] seems to resist the implant!</span>", "<span class='warning'>You feel something interfering with your mental conditioning, but you resist it!</span>")
+			removed(target, 1)
+			qdel(src)
+			return FALSE
+
 		if(is_hivemember(target))
 			var/warning = ""
 			for(var/datum/antagonist/hivemind/hive in GLOB.antagonists)
@@ -36,13 +51,6 @@
 			to_chat(target, "<span class='warning'>You hear supernatural wailing echo throughout your mind. If you listen closely you can hear... [warning]Are those... names?</span>")
 			remove_hivemember(target)
 
-		if(target.mind.has_antag_datum(/datum/antagonist/rev/head) || target.mind.unconvertable)
-			if(!silent)
-				target.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[target] seems to resist the implant!</span>", "<span class='warning'>You feel something interfering with your mental conditioning, but you resist it!</span>")
-			removed(target, 1)
-			qdel(src)
-			return FALSE
-
 		var/datum/antagonist/rev/rev = target.mind.has_antag_datum(/datum/antagonist/rev)
 		if(rev)
 			rev.remove_revolutionary(FALSE, user)
diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/hivemind/hivemind.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/hivemind/hivemind.dm
index c7dca50044e..9e43bd6af82 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/hivemind/hivemind.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/hivemind/hivemind.dm
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@
 		assim_objective.owner = owner
 		if(prob(25)) //Decently high chance to have to assimilate an implanted crew member
 			assim_objective.find_target_by_role(pick("Captain","Head of Security","Security Officer","Detective","Warden"))
-		if(!assim_objective.target) //If the prob doesn't happen or there are no implanted crew, find any target
-			assim_objective.find_target()
+		if(!assim_objective.target) //If the prob doesn't happen or there are no implanted crew, find any target that isn't a hivemmind host
+			assim_objective.find_target_by_role(role = ROLE_HIVE, role_type = 1, invert = 1)
 		assim_objective.update_explanation_text()
 		objectives += assim_objective
 	else if(prob(70))
diff --git a/code/modules/spells/spell_types/hivemind.dm b/code/modules/spells/spell_types/hivemind.dm
index 258bbd9b9b4..719dd623c81 100644
--- a/code/modules/spells/spell_types/hivemind.dm
+++ b/code/modules/spells/spell_types/hivemind.dm
@@ -291,13 +291,6 @@
 			else
 				power = 1200
 				charge_max = 1200
-		for(var/datum/antagonist/hivemind/H in GLOB.antagonists)
-			if(H.owner == user.mind)
-				continue
-			if(H.hivemembers.Find(vessel))
-				to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>We have detected a foreign presence within this mind, it would be unwise to merge so intimately with it.</span>")
-				revert_cast()
-				return
 		original_body = user
 		vessel = targets[1]
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>We begin merging our mind with [vessel.name].</span>")
@@ -309,6 +302,13 @@
 			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>Our vessel is too far away to control.</span>")
 			revert_cast()
 			return
+		for(var/datum/antagonist/hivemind/H in GLOB.antagonists)
+			if(H.owner == user.mind)
+				continue
+			if(H.owner == vessel.mind)
+				to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>We have detected a foreign presence within this mind, it would be unwise to merge so intimately with it.</span>")
+				revert_cast()
+				return
 		backseat = new /mob/living/passenger()
 		if(vessel && vessel.mind && backseat)
 			var/obj/effect/proc_holder/spell/target_hive/hive_see/the_spell = locate(/obj/effect/proc_holder/spell/target_hive/hive_see) in user.mind.spell_list