diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs/basilisk.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs/basilisk.dm
index 6e15f39ae8c..38c15bd7bf4 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs/basilisk.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs/basilisk.dm
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@
 	. = ..()
 	if(.)
 		var/mob/living/L = target
-		L.apply_status_effect(/datum/status_effect/freon/watcher)
+		if(istype(L))
+			L.apply_status_effect(/datum/status_effect/freon/watcher)
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/asteroid/basilisk/watcher/tendril
 	fromtendril = TRUE