diff --git a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/pyrotechnics.dm b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/pyrotechnics.dm
index f2740676314..b188afd968c 100644
--- a/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/pyrotechnics.dm
+++ b/code/modules/reagents/chemistry/recipes/pyrotechnics.dm
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 /datum/chemical_reaction/nitroglycerin
 	name = "Nitroglycerin"
 	id = "nitroglycerin"
-	result = "nitroglycerin"
+	result = null
 	required_reagents = list("glycerol" = 1, "facid" = 1, "sacid" = 1)
 	result_amount = 2