diff --git a/code/modules/mob/language/station_vr.dm b/code/modules/mob/language/station_vr.dm
index f9bfecb6e6..a68a94bf25 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/language/station_vr.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/language/station_vr.dm
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 	colour = "changeling"
 	key = "M"
 	machine_understands = FALSE
-	flags = WHITELISTED | HIVEMIND
+	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND //CHOMPstation Edit: Changining from WHITELISTED to RESTRICTED | Empathy should be shadekin exclusive. This probably breaks carbon shadekins ability to use emptathy, we dont use them and if it does it should be implemented like DIONA root talk. -shark
 
 /datum/language/slavic
 	name = LANGUAGE_SLAVIC