diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/SDQL2/SDQL_2_wrappers.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/SDQL2/SDQL_2_wrappers.dm
index be10e2b3666..e9816d89c4c 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/SDQL2/SDQL_2_wrappers.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/SDQL2/SDQL_2_wrappers.dm
@@ -123,6 +123,16 @@
 /proc/_pick(...)
 	return pick(arglist(args))
 
+/// Allow me to explain
+/// for some reason, if pick() is passed arglist(args) directly and args contains only one list
+/// it considers it to be a list of lists
+/// this means something like _pick(list) would fail
+/// need to do this instead
+///
+/// I hate this timeline
+/proc/_pick_list(list/pick_from)
+	return pick(pick_from)
+
 /proc/_prob(P)
 	return prob(P)