diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_structures.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_structures.dm
index 42da9da4bef..a8d5b5fea98 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_structures.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_structures.dm
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 	if(cooldowntime > world.time)
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='cultitalic'>The magic in [src] is weak, it will be ready to use again in [getETA()].</span>")
 		return
-	var/choice = alert(user,"You study the schematics etched into the forge...","Cultist Dagger", "Eldritch Whetstone","Zealot's Blindfold","Flask of Unholy Water")
+	var/choice = input(user,"You study the rituals on the alter...","Alter") as null|anything in list("Cultist Dagger", "Eldritch Whetstone","Zealot's Blindfold","Flask of Unholy Water")
 	var/pickedtype
 	switch(choice)
 		if("Eldritch Whetstone")
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 	if(cooldowntime > world.time)
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='cultitalic'>The magic in [src] is weak, it will be ready to use again in [getETA()].</span>")
 		return
-	var/choice = alert(user,"You study the schematics etched into the forge...",, "Shielded Hardsuit", "Flagellant's Robe","Cultist Hardsuit")
+	var/choice =  input(user,"You study the schematics etched on the force...","Forge") as null|anything in list("Shielded Hardsuit", "Flagellant's Robe","Cultist Hardsuit")
 	var/pickedtype
 	var/otheritem //ie:helmet..
 	switch(choice)
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 	if(cooldowntime > world.time)
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='cultitalic'>The magic in [src] is weak, it will be ready to use again in [getETA()].</span>")
 		return
-	var/choice = alert(user,"You flip through the black pages of the archives...",,"Supply Talisman","Shuttle Curse","Veil Shifter")
+	var/choice = input(user,"You flip through the black pages of the archives...","Archives") as null|anything in list("Supply Talisman","Shuttle Curse","Veil Shifter")
 	var/pickedtype
 	switch(choice)
 		if("Supply Talisman")
diff --git a/code/game/turfs/simulated/walls_misc.dm b/code/game/turfs/simulated/walls_misc.dm
index c1e7e6b2c31..f1bce2642a0 100644
--- a/code/game/turfs/simulated/walls_misc.dm
+++ b/code/game/turfs/simulated/walls_misc.dm
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 /turf/simulated/wall/cult/New()
 	new /obj/effect/overlay/temp/cult/turf(src)
-	icon_state = ticker.mode.cultdat.cult_wall_icon_state
+	if(!ticker.mode.cultdat)
+		icon_state = ticker.mode.cultdat.cult_wall_icon_state
 	..()
 
 /turf/simulated/wall/cult/artificer