diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/traitordevices.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/traitordevices.dm
index 1135708959e..46e9b706432 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/traitordevices.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/traitordevices.dm
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ effective or pretty fucking useless.
 		addtimer(VARSET_CALLBACK(src, used, FALSE), cooldown)
 		addtimer(VARSET_CALLBACK(src, icon_state, "health"), cooldown)
 		to_chat(user, span_warning("Successfully irradiated [interacting_with]."))
-		addtimer(CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(radiation_aftereffect), interacting_with, intensity), (wavelength+(intensity*4))*5)
+		addtimer(CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(radiation_aftereffect), interacting_with, intensity), (intensity+(wavelength*4))*5)
 		return . | ITEM_INTERACT_SUCCESS
 
 	to_chat(user, span_warning("The radioactive microlaser is still recharging."))