diff --git a/code/game/machinery/ecto_sniffer.dm b/code/game/machinery/ecto_sniffer.dm
index 7f94df42b72..6c7de7e5097 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/ecto_sniffer.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/ecto_sniffer.dm
@@ -61,15 +61,18 @@
 	tool.play_tool_sound(src, 15)
 	set_anchored(!anchored)
 	balloon_alert(user, "sniffer [anchored ? "anchored" : "unanchored"]")
+	return ITEM_INTERACT_SUCCESS
+
+/obj/machinery/ecto_sniffer/screwdriver_act(mob/living/user, obj/item/screwdrivertool)
+	if(default_deconstruction_screwdriver(user, "ecto_sniffer_open", "ecto_sniffer", screwdrivertool))
+		return ITEM_INTERACT_SUCCESS
+	return ITEM_INTERACT_BLOCKING
 
-/obj/machinery/ecto_sniffer/screwdriver_act(mob/living/user, obj/item/I)
-	. = ..()
-	if(!.)
-		return default_deconstruction_screwdriver(user, "ecto_sniffer_open", "ecto_sniffer", I)
 
 /obj/machinery/ecto_sniffer/crowbar_act(mob/living/user, obj/item/tool)
-	if(!default_deconstruction_crowbar(tool))
-		return ..()
+	if(default_deconstruction_crowbar(tool))
+		return ITEM_INTERACT_SUCCESS
+	return ITEM_INTERACT_BLOCKING
 
 /obj/machinery/ecto_sniffer/Destroy()
 	ectoplasmic_residues = null