diff --git a/code/modules/research/xenobiology/crossbreeding/selfsustaining.dm b/code/modules/research/xenobiology/crossbreeding/selfsustaining.dm
index 914c5e547..a88b5cd35 100644
--- a/code/modules/research/xenobiology/crossbreeding/selfsustaining.dm
+++ b/code/modules/research/xenobiology/crossbreeding/selfsustaining.dm
@@ -24,12 +24,9 @@ Self-sustaining extracts:
 		A.icon = icon
 		A.icon_state = icon_state
 		A.color = color
+		A.name = "self-sustaining " + colour + " extract"
 	return INITIALIZE_HINT_QDEL
 
-/obj/item/autoslime/Initialize()
-	name = "self-sustaining " + extract.name
-	return ..()
-
 /obj/item/autoslime/attack_self(mob/user)
 	var/reagentselect = input(user, "Choose the reagent the extract will produce.", "Self-sustaining Reaction") as null|anything in extract.activate_reagents
 	var/amount = 5
@@ -140,4 +137,4 @@ Self-sustaining extracts:
 
 /obj/item/slimecross/selfsustaining/rainbow
 	extract_type = /obj/item/slime_extract/rainbow
-	colour = "rainbow"
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+	colour = "rainbow"