diff --git a/code/WorkInProgress/Cael_Aislinn/sculpture.dm b/code/WorkInProgress/Cael_Aislinn/sculpture.dm
index 0b59bfd6f60..cc0ed849852 100644
--- a/code/WorkInProgress/Cael_Aislinn/sculpture.dm
+++ b/code/WorkInProgress/Cael_Aislinn/sculpture.dm
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 	var/hibernate = 0
 	var/random_escape_chance = 0.5
 
-/mob/living/simple_animal/sculpture/proc/GrabMob(var/mob/target)
-	if(target && target != src)
+/mob/living/simple_animal/sculpture/proc/GrabMob(var/mob/living/target)
+	if(target && target != src && ishuman(target))
 		G = new /obj/item/weapon/grab(target)
 		G.assailant = src
 		G.layer = 20
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
 		G.killing = 1
 
 		desc = "It's some kind of human sized, doll-like sculpture, with weird discolourations on some parts of it. It appears to be quite solid. [G ? "\red The sculpture is holding [G.affecting] in a vice-like grip." : ""]"
-		target.attack_log += text("\[[time_stamp()]\] <font color='orange'>Has been grabbed by an SCP-173, and is being strangled!</font>")
-		log_admin("[target] ([target.ckey]) has been grabbed and is being strangled by a SCP-173.")
-		message_admins("Alert: [target.real_name] has been grabbed and is being strangled by a SCP-173. Set var/allow_escape = 1 to allow this player to escape temporarily, or var/hibernate = 1 to disable it entirely.")
+		target.attack_log += text("\[[time_stamp()]\] <font color='orange'>Has been grabbed by SCP-173, and is being strangled!</font>")
+		log_admin("[target] ([target.ckey]) has been grabbed and is being strangled by SCP-173.")
+		message_admins("Alert: [target.real_name] has been grabbed and is being strangled by SCP-173. Set var/allow_escape = 1 to allow this player to escape temporarily, or var/hibernate = 1 to disable it entirely.")
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/sculpture/proc/Escape()
 	var/list/turfs = new/list()
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 	//account for darkness
 	var/turf/T = get_turf(src)
 	var/in_darkness = 0
-	if(T.sd_lumcount == 0)
+	if(T.sd_lumcount == 0 && !istype(T, /turf/simulated))
 		in_darkness = 1
 
 	//see if we're able to do stuff