diff --git a/code/datums/diseases/transformation.dm b/code/datums/diseases/transformation.dm
index 7b4b0a27393..221b41abbc4 100644
--- a/code/datums/diseases/transformation.dm
+++ b/code/datums/diseases/transformation.dm
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 	stage3	= list("<span class='danger'>Your appendages are melting away.</span>", "<span class='danger'>Your limbs begin to lose their shape.</span>")
 	stage4	= list("<span class='danger'>You are turning into a slime.</span>")
 	stage5	= list("<span class='danger'>You have become a slime.</span>")
-	new_form = /mob/living/simple_animal/slime
+	new_form = /mob/living/carbon/slime/random
 
 /datum/disease/transformation/slime/stage_act()
 	..()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/slime/slime.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/slime/slime.dm
index 28e457fd128..d1bcb196c0e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/slime/slime.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/slime/slime.dm
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@
 		coretype = text2path("/obj/item/slime_extract/[sanitizedcolour]")
 	..()
 
+/mob/living/carbon/slime/random/New()
+	colour = pick("grey","orange", "metal", "blue", "purple", "dark purple", "dark blue", "green", "silver", "yellow", "gold", "yellow", "red", "silver", "pink", "cerulean", "sepia", "bluespace", "pyrite", "light pink", "oil", "adamantine", "black")
+	..()
+
 /mob/living/carbon/slime/Destroy()
 	for(var/obj/machinery/computer/camera_advanced/xenobio/X in machines)
 		if(src in X.stored_slimes)
diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/projectile/magic.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/projectile/magic.dm
index ed523c0b753..3d26268de51 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/projectile/magic.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/projectile/magic.dm
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	damage = 10
 	damage_type = BRUTE
 	nodamage = 0
-	
+
 	//explosion values
 	var/exp_heavy = 0
 	var/exp_light = 2
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	if(ismob(target)) //multiple flavors of pain
 		var/mob/living/M = target
 		M.take_overall_damage(0,10) //between this 10 burn, the 10 brute, the explosion brute, and the onfire burn, your at about 65 damage if you stop drop and roll immediately
-		
+
 
 /obj/item/projectile/magic/fireball/infernal
 	name = "infernal fireball"
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ proc/wabbajack(mob/living/M)
 					if(ishuman(M))
 						Robot.mmi.transfer_identity(M)	//Does not transfer key/client.
 				if("slime")
-					new_mob = new /mob/living/carbon/slime(M.loc)
+					new_mob = new /mob/living/carbon/slime/random(M.loc)
 					new_mob.universal_speak = 1
 				if("xeno")
 					if(prob(50))
@@ -293,4 +293,4 @@ proc/wabbajack(mob/living/M)
 	damage_type = BURN
 	flag = "magic"
 	dismemberment = 50
-	nodamage = 0		
\ No newline at end of file
+	nodamage = 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/slime_extracts.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/slime_extracts.dm
index b4364bd175f..249043fb148 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/slime_extracts.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/slime_extracts.dm
@@ -681,8 +681,7 @@
 
 /datum/chemical_reaction/slimeRNG/on_reaction(datum/reagents/holder)
 	feedback_add_details("slime_cores_used","[type]")
-	var/mob/living/carbon/slime/S = new /mob/living/carbon/slime
-	S.colour = pick("grey","orange", "metal", "blue", "purple", "dark purple", "dark blue", "green", "silver", "yellow", "gold", "yellow", "red", "silver", "pink", "cerulean", "sepia", "bluespace", "pyrite", "light pink", "oil", "adamantine", "black")
+	var/mob/living/carbon/slime/random/S = new /mob/living/carbon/slime/random
 	S.forceMove(get_turf(holder.my_atom))
 	S.visible_message("<span class='danger'>Infused with plasma, the core begins to quiver and grow, and soon a new baby slime emerges from it!</span>")