diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/tools/multitool.dm b/code/game/objects/items/tools/multitool.dm
index b8151e40b99..f0d1a98fabd 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/tools/multitool.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/tools/multitool.dm
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 	icon_state = "multitool_syndi"
 	belt_icon = "multitool_syndi"
 	toolspeed = 0.95 // dangerously fast... not like multitools use speed anyways
-	origin_tech = "magnets=1;engineering=2,syndicate=1"
+	origin_tech = "magnets=1;engineering=2;syndicate=1"
 
 /obj/item/multitool/ai_detect/admin
 	desc = "Used for pulsing wires to test which to cut. Not recommended by doctors. Has a strange tag that says 'Grief in Safety'" //What else should I say for a meme item?
diff --git a/code/modules/unit_tests/_unit_tests.dm b/code/modules/unit_tests/_unit_tests.dm
index 5147bf47b6e..dd0bbd0ed9c 100644
--- a/code/modules/unit_tests/_unit_tests.dm
+++ b/code/modules/unit_tests/_unit_tests.dm
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "log_format.dm"
 #include "map_templates.dm"
 #include "map_tests.dm"
+#include "origin_tech.dm"
 #include "purchase_reference_test.dm"
 #include "reagent_id_typos.dm"
 #include "rustg_version.dm"
diff --git a/code/modules/unit_tests/origin_tech.dm b/code/modules/unit_tests/origin_tech.dm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..177c89b36b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/modules/unit_tests/origin_tech.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Unit test to ensure people have appropriately set up their origin_techs in items, ensuring they give the appropriate resources in RnD breakdown
+/datum/unit_test/origin_tech/Run()
+	var/regex/nums = regex("^\[0-9]+")
+	for(var/tpath in subtypesof(/obj/item))
+		var/obj/item/I = tpath
+		var/tech_str = initial(I.origin_tech)
+
+		var/list/tech_list = params2list(tech_str)
+
+		for(var/k in tech_list)
+			if(length(nums.Replace(tech_list[k], "")) > 0)
+				Fail("Invalid origin tech for [tpath]: [tech_str]")