diff --git a/code/WorkInProgress/surgery.dm b/code/WorkInProgress/surgery.dm
index 2409195a00f..5d773037370 100644
--- a/code/WorkInProgress/surgery.dm
+++ b/code/WorkInProgress/surgery.dm
@@ -1162,13 +1162,13 @@ proc/spread_germs_to_organ(datum/organ/external/E, mob/living/carbon/human/user)
 		target.custom_pain("The pain in your chest is living hell!",1)
 
 	end_step(mob/user, mob/living/carbon/human/target, target_zone, obj/item/tool)
-		var/datum/organ/external/chest/affected = get_organ("chest")
+		var/datum/organ/external/chest/affected = target.get_organ("chest")
 		user.visible_message("[user] mends the rupture in [target]'s lungs with \the [tool].", \
 		"You mend the rupture in [target]'s lungs with \the [tool]." )
 		affected.ruptured_lungs = 0
 
 	fail_step(mob/user, mob/living/carbon/human/target, target_zone, obj/item/tool)
-		var/datum/organ/external/chest/affected = get_organ("chest")
+		var/datum/organ/external/chest/affected = target.get_organ("chest")
 		user.visible_message("\red [user]'s hand slips, slicing an artery inside [target]'s chest with \the [tool]!", \
 		"\red Your hand slips, slicing an artery inside [target]'s chest with \the [tool]!")
 		affected.createwound(CUT, 20)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index f5cbd1d82d3..0199d048ba2 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -973,12 +973,12 @@
 	..()
 
 /mob/living/carbon/human/proc/is_lung_ruptured()
-	var/datum/organ/external/chest/E = get_organs("chest")
+	var/datum/organ/external/chest/E = get_organ("chest")
 	return E.ruptured_lungs
 
 
 /mob/living/carbon/human/proc/rupture_lung()
-	var/datum/organ/external/chest/E = get_organs("chest")
+	var/datum/organ/external/chest/E = get_organ("chest")
 	
 	if(E.ruptured_lungs == 0)
 		src.custom_pain("You feel a stabbing pain in your chest!", 1)