diff --git a/code/game/objects/structures/ai_core.dm b/code/game/objects/structures/ai_core.dm
index da50874df0f..6128982549b 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/structures/ai_core.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/structures/ai_core.dm
@@ -352,6 +352,10 @@
 		ai_mob = new /mob/living/silicon/ai(loc, laws, the_brainmob)
 		laws = null //we're giving the new AI this datum, so let's not delete it when we qdel(src) 5 lines from now
 
+	var/datum/antagonist/malf_ai/malf_datum = IS_MALF_AI(ai_mob)
+	if(malf_datum)
+		malf_datum.add_law_zero()
+
 	if(core_mmi.force_replace_ai_name)
 		ai_mob.fully_replace_character_name(ai_mob.name, core_mmi.replacement_ai_name())
 	if(core_mmi.braintype == "Android")