diff --git a/code/game/machinery/podmen.dm b/code/game/machinery/podmen.dm
index 1e8eb4e5368..e9a1d50ff6a 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/podmen.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/podmen.dm
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ Growing it to term with nothing injected will grab a ghost from the observers. *
 		ghost = source
 	else // If no sample was injected or revival is not allowed, we grab an interested observer.
 		for(var/mob/dead/observer/O in player_list)
-			if(O.client)
-				var/response = alert(O, "Someone is harvesting a replica pod. Would you like to play as a Dionaea?", "Replica pod harvest", "Yes", "No")
+			if(O.client && O.client.prefs.be_special & BE_PLANT)
+				var/response = alert(O, "Someone is harvesting a replica pod. Would you like to play as a Dionaea?", "Replica pod harvest", "Yes", "No", "Never for this round.")
 				if(response == "Yes")
 					candidates += O
+				else if(response == "Never for this round")
+					O.client.prefs.be_special ^= BE_PLANT
 
 	if(!do_after(user, 100))
 		return
diff --git a/code/modules/client/preferences.dm b/code/modules/client/preferences.dm
index 1809cfd205d..8e977bbc7d1 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preferences.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preferences.dm
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var/global/list/special_roles = list( //keep synced with the defines BE_* in set
 	"infested monkey" = IS_MODE_COMPILED("monkey"),      // 9
 	"ninja" = "true",									 // 10
 	"vox raider" = IS_MODE_COMPILED("heist"),			 // 11
+	"diona" = 1,                                         // 12
 )
 
 var/const/MAX_SAVE_SLOTS = 10
diff --git a/code/setup.dm b/code/setup.dm
index 7e6f0cb7a98..e4beb3781df 100644
--- a/code/setup.dm
+++ b/code/setup.dm
@@ -641,6 +641,7 @@ var/list/TAGGERLOCATIONS = list("Disposals",
 #define BE_MONKEY		512
 #define BE_NINJA		1024
 #define BE_RAIDER		2048
+#define BE_PLANT		4096
 
 var/list/be_special_flags = list(
 	"Traitor" = BE_TRAITOR,
@@ -654,7 +655,8 @@ var/list/be_special_flags = list(
 	"Cultist" = BE_CULTIST,
 	"Monkey" = BE_MONKEY,
 	"Ninja" = BE_NINJA,
-	"Raider" = BE_RAIDER
+	"Raider" = BE_RAIDER,
+	"Diona" = BE_PLANT
 	)
 
 #define AGE_MIN 17			//youngest a character can be