diff --git a/code/game/objects/starline_phone.dm b/code/game/objects/starline_phone.dm
index 3f089d9f978..44ae70badd0 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/starline_phone.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/starline_phone.dm
@@ -113,20 +113,21 @@
 		playsound(src, 'sound/machines/starline_ring.ogg', 50, 0, 2, ignore_walls = TRUE)
 		icon_state = "ringing"
 		sleep(ring_duration)
-		icon_state = "base"
+		if(phone_state == RINGING) // in case its answered mid ring
+			icon_state = "base"
 		sleep(ring_rest_duration)
 
 /obj/machinery/phone/proc/start_call()
 	phone_state = ACTIVE_CALL
 	handheld.listening = TRUE
 	connected_line.handheld.listening = TRUE
-	connected_line.connected_line.audible_message("<span class='information'>The receiver clicks as the other picks up.</span>", hearing_distance = 1)
+	connected_line.audible_message("<span class='information'>The receiver clicks as the other line picks up.</span>", hearing_distance = 3)
 
 /obj/machinery/phone/proc/end_call()
 	handheld.listening = FALSE
 	phone_state = NO_CALLS
 	if(connected_line)
-		connected_line.audible_message("<span class='information'>The receiver clicks as the other line hangs up</span>", hearing_distance = 1)
+		connected_line.audible_message("<span class='information'>The receiver clicks as the other line hangs up</span>", hearing_distance = 3)
 		connected_line.connected_line = null
 		if(connected_line.phone_state == RINGING)
 			connected_line.phone_state = NO_CALLS