diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/hostile.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/hostile.dm
index b70a3e27976..9bf2afe5998 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/hostile.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/hostile.dm
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@
 			Targets = FoundTarget
 			break
 		if(CanAttack(A))//Can we attack it?
-			Targets.Add(A)
+			if(istype(src, /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/scarybat))
+				if(A == src:owner)
+					continue
+			Targets += A
 			continue
 	Target = PickTarget(Targets)
 	return Target //We now have a target