diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/animals/synx.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/animals/synx.dm
index 06ce250aa0..cffa56fd86 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/animals/synx.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/animals/synx.dm
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ mob/living/simple_animal/synx/PunchTarget()
 						to_chat(L, "<span class='warning'>You feel a strange substance on you.</span>")
 						L.reagents.add_reagent(poison_type, poison_per_bite)
 
-/mob/living/simple_animal/retaliate/synx/hear_say(message,verb,language,fakename,speaker)
+/mob/living/simple_animal/retaliate/synx/hear_say(message,verb,language,fakename,var/mob/living/speaker)
 	. = ..()
 	if(!message)    return
 	speaker = speaker.name