diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_mob/subtypes/animal/hyena/hyena.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_mob/subtypes/animal/hyena/hyena.dm
index f2d5ab3383..d1750dacf9 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_mob/subtypes/animal/hyena/hyena.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_mob/subtypes/animal/hyena/hyena.dm
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ They're also cool, and Rykka/Nyria wrote this uwu
 
 	speak_emote = list("yaps")
 
-	say_list_type = datum/say_list/hyena
+	say_list_type = /datum/say_list/hyena
 
 	var/obj/item/clothing/head/hat = null // The hat the yeen is wearing when initialized, var will update with the chosen hat.