diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/entity_narrate.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/entity_narrate.dm
index a33d14fbf7..0b42058c84 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/entity_narrate.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/entity_narrate.dm
@@ -307,10 +307,10 @@
 /datum/entity_narrate/proc/narrate_tgui_atom(atom/A, message as text)
 	message = sanitize(message)
 	if(tgui_narrate_mode && tgui_narrate_privacy)
-		A.visible_message("<i><b>[A.name]</b> [message]</i>", range = 1)
+		A.visible_message("<i><b>\The [A.name]</b> [message]</i>", range = 1)
 	else if(tgui_narrate_mode && !tgui_narrate_privacy)
-		A.visible_message("<b>[A.name]</b> [message]",)
+		A.visible_message("<b>\The [A.name]</b> [message]",)
 	else if(!tgui_narrate_mode && tgui_narrate_privacy)
-		A.audible_message("<i><b>[A.name]</b> [message]</i>", hearing_distance = 1)
+		A.audible_message("<i><b>\The [A.name]</b> [message]</i>", hearing_distance = 1)
 	else if(!tgui_narrate_mode && !tgui_narrate_privacy)
-		A.audible_message("<b>[A.name]</b> [message]")
+		A.audible_message("<b>\The [A.name]</b> [message]")