diff --git a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
index 56c14fc4ae..ed82999950 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ This is the proc mobs get to turn into a ghost. Forked from ghostize due to comp
 		if(cult.current_antagonists.len > config.cult_ghostwriter_req_cultists)
 			ghosts_can_write = 1
 
-	if(!ghosts_can_write && !check_rights(R_ADMIN)) //Let's allow for admins to write in blood for events and the such.
+	if(!ghosts_can_write && !check_rights(R_ADMIN, 0)) //Let's allow for admins to write in blood for events and the such.
 		src << "<font color='red'>The veil is not thin enough for you to do that.</font>"
 		return