diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index 683ef1da..28ff7c8e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 	//...and display them.
 	add_to_all_human_data_huds()
 
-/var/list/sList2
+
 /mob/living/carbon/human/Stat()
 	..()
 	//Same thing from mob
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
 				if(changeling)
 					sList2 += "Chemical Storage: " + "[changeling.chem_charges]/[changeling.chem_storage]"
 					sList2 += "Absorbed DNA: "+ "[changeling.absorbedcount]"
-		stat(null, "[sList2.Join("\n\n")]")
+		if (sList2 != null)
+			stat(null, "[sList2.Join("\n\n")]")
 
 	//NINJACODE
 	if(istype(wear_suit, /obj/item/clothing/suit/space/space_ninja)) //Only display if actually a ninja.
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
index eea92ce5..7e2b742e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
@@ -531,9 +531,7 @@
 /mob/proc/is_muzzled()
 	return 0
 	
-/var/tickrefreshThr = 20
-/var/tickrefresh = 0
-/var/list/sList
+
 /mob/Stat()
 	..()
 	//This is where I try and add a temporary solution to the issue of the status tab. This solution is bad and I should feel bad, but it should mitigate some of the client lag.
@@ -553,7 +551,8 @@
 			tickrefresh = 0
 		else
 			tickrefresh++
-		stat(null, "[sList.Join("\n\n")]")
+		if (sList != null)
+			stat(null, "[sList.Join("\n\n")]")
 
 	if(client && client.holder)
 		if(statpanel("MC"))
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob_defines.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob_defines.dm
index 4f804dd8..803a392d 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob_defines.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob_defines.dm
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 	var/stat = CONSCIOUS //Whether a mob is alive or dead. TODO: Move this to living - Nodrak
 
+
+	var/list/sList = list()
+	var/list/sList2 = list()
+	var/tickrefreshThr = 20
+	var/tickrefresh = 0
 	/*A bunch of this stuff really needs to go under their own defines instead of being globally attached to mob.
 	A variable should only be globally attached to turfs/objects/whatever, when it is in fact needed as such.
 	The current method unnecessarily clusters up the variable list, especially for humans (although rearranging won't really clean it up a lot but the difference will be noticable for other mobs).