diff --git a/code/datums/spawners_menu.dm b/code/datums/spawners_menu.dm
index 09cf433daf5..5cc76721377 100644
--- a/code/datums/spawners_menu.dm
+++ b/code/datums/spawners_menu.dm
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 		qdel(src)
 	owner = new_owner
 
-/datum/spawners_menu/ui_interact(mob/user, ui_key = "main", datum/nanoui/ui = null, force_open = FALSE, datum/nanoui/master_ui = null)
+/datum/spawners_menu/ui_interact(mob/user, ui_key = "main", datum/nanoui/ui = null, force_open = FALSE, datum/topic_state/state = ghost_state, datum/nanoui/master_ui = null)
 	ui = SSnanoui.try_update_ui(user, src, ui_key, ui, force_open)
 	if(!ui)
-		ui = new(user, src, ui_key, "spawners_menu.tmpl", "Spawners Menu", 700, 600, master_ui)
+		ui = new(user, src, ui_key, "spawners_menu.tmpl", "Spawners Menu", 700, 600, master_ui, state = state)
 		ui.open()
 
 /datum/spawners_menu/ui_data(mob/user)
diff --git a/code/modules/nano/interaction/ghost.dm b/code/modules/nano/interaction/ghost.dm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b0aa3db1ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/modules/nano/interaction/ghost.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+	This checks that the user is a ghost or alternatively an admin. Used for the mob spawner. 
+	We don't want any living people somehow getting the menu open and reincarnating while alive
+*/
+
+/var/global/datum/topic_state/ghost_state/ghost_state = new()
+
+/datum/topic_state/ghost_state/can_use_topic(var/src_object, var/mob/user)
+	if(user.stat == DEAD)
+		return STATUS_INTERACTIVE
+	if(check_rights(R_ADMIN, 0, src))
+		return STATUS_INTERACTIVE
+	return STATUS_CLOSE
+
diff --git a/paradise.dme b/paradise.dme
index 8a403c97472..912ff79c344 100644
--- a/paradise.dme
+++ b/paradise.dme
@@ -2026,6 +2026,7 @@
 #include "code\modules\nano\interaction\conscious.dm"
 #include "code\modules\nano\interaction\contained.dm"
 #include "code\modules\nano\interaction\default.dm"
+#include "code\modules\nano\interaction\ghost.dm"
 #include "code\modules\nano\interaction\inventory.dm"
 #include "code\modules\nano\interaction\inventory_deep.dm"
 #include "code\modules\nano\interaction\not_incapacitated.dm"