diff --git a/code/modules/ventcrawl/ventcrawl_atmospherics.dm b/code/modules/ventcrawl/ventcrawl_atmospherics.dm
index f2cbb8018d..1fd9dd077c 100644
--- a/code/modules/ventcrawl/ventcrawl_atmospherics.dm
+++ b/code/modules/ventcrawl/ventcrawl_atmospherics.dm
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 	if(welded)
 		return 0
 
-	..()
+	. = ..()
 
 /obj/machinery/atmospherics/proc/findConnecting(var/direction)
 	for(var/obj/machinery/atmospherics/target in get_step(src,direction))