diff --git a/code/game/machinery/podmen.dm b/code/game/machinery/podmen.dm
index 041a03348c..980596e91b 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/podmen.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/podmen.dm
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Growing it to term with nothing injected will grab a ghost from the observers. *
 
 /obj/item/seeds/replicapod/proc/request_player()
 	for(var/mob/dead/observer/O in player_list)
-		if(jobban_isbanned(O, "Dionaea"))
+		if(jobban_isbanned(O, "Dionaea") || (!is_alien_whitelisted(src, "Diona") && config.usealienwhitelist))
 			continue
 		if(O.client)
 			if(O.client.prefs.be_special & BE_PLANT)
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Growing it to term with nothing injected will grab a ghost from the observers. *
 /obj/item/seeds/replicapod/proc/question(var/client/C)
 	spawn(0)
 		if(!C)	return
-		var/response = alert(C, "Someone is harvesting a replica pod. Would you like to play as a Dionaea?", "Replica pod harvest", "Yes", "No", "Never for this round.")
+		var/response = alert(C, "Someone is harvesting a diona pod. Would you like to play as a diona?", "Dionaea harvest", "Yes", "No", "Never for this round.")
 		if(!C || ckey)
 			return
 		if(response == "Yes")
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/monkey/diona.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/monkey/diona.dm
index cf1ea1ccb6..741b5762b2 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/monkey/diona.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/monkey/diona.dm
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 	icon_state = "nymph1"
 	var/list/donors = list()
 	var/ready_evolve = 0
+	universal_understand = 0 // Dionaea do not need to speak to people
+	universal_speak = 0      // before becoming an adult. Use *chirp.
 
 /mob/living/carbon/monkey/diona/attack_hand(mob/living/carbon/human/M as mob)
 
@@ -245,14 +247,11 @@
 
 	message =  trim(copytext(sanitize(message), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
 
-
 	if(stat == 2)
 		return say_dead(message)
 
 	var/datum/language/speaking = null
 
-
-
 	if(length(message) >= 2)
 		var/channel_prefix = copytext(message, 1 ,3)
 		if(languages.len)
@@ -270,6 +269,4 @@
 	if(!message || stat)
 		return
 
-
-
 	..(message, speaking, verb, null, null, message_range, null)