diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/alien.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/alien.dm
index 7bf1842b0f..891483b71a 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/alien.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/alien.dm
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	var/max_grown = 200
 	var/time_of_birth
 	var/language
+	var/death_msg = "lets out a waning guttural screech, green blood bubbling from its maw."
 
 /mob/living/carbon/alien/New()
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/death.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/death.dm
index 3c56165213..87990ae756 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/death.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/death.dm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /mob/living/carbon/alien/death(gibbed)
 	if(!gibbed && dead_icon)
 		icon_state = dead_icon
-	return ..(gibbed,"lets out a waning guttural screech, green blood bubbling from its maw.")
\ No newline at end of file
+	return ..(gibbed,death_msg)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/diona/diona.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/diona/diona.dm
index 981e250749..86dc101eda 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/diona/diona.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/diona/diona.dm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	speak_emote = list("chirrups")
 	icon_state = "nymph"
 	language = "Rootspeak"
-
+	death_msg = "expires with a pitiful chirrup..."
 	universal_understand = 1
 	universal_speak = 0      // Dionaea do not need to speak to people other than other dionaea.
 	holder_type = /obj/item/weapon/holder/diona