diff --git a/code/datums/mind.dm b/code/datums/mind.dm
index 81cdb93fd9a..8f74d67cc62 100644
--- a/code/datums/mind.dm
+++ b/code/datums/mind.dm
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ datum/mind
 		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = current
 		if (istype(current, /mob/living/carbon/human))
 			/** Impanted**/
-			if(H.is_loyalty_implanted(H))
+			if(H.is_loyalty_implanted())
 				text = "Loyalty Implant:<a href='?src=\ref[src];implant=remove'>Remove</a>|<b>Implanted</b></br>"
 			else
 				text = "Loyalty Implant:<b>No Implant</b>|<a href='?src=\ref[src];implant=add'>Implant him!</a></br>"
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ datum/mind
 			if (ticker.mode.config_tag=="revolution")
 				text += uppertext(text)
 			text = "<i><b>[text]</b></i>: "
-			if (H.is_loyalty_implanted(H))
+			if (H.is_loyalty_implanted())
 				text += "<b>LOYAL EMPLOYEE</b>|headrev|rev"
 			else if (src in ticker.mode.head_revolutionaries)
 				text = "<a href='?src=\ref[src];revolution=clear'>employee</a>|<b>HEADREV</b>|<a href='?src=\ref[src];revolution=rev'>rev</a>"
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ datum/mind
 			if (ticker.mode.config_tag=="cult")
 				text = uppertext(text)
 			text = "<i><b>[text]</b></i>: "
-			if (H.is_loyalty_implanted(H))
+			if (H.is_loyalty_implanted())
 				text += "<B>LOYAL EMPLOYEE</B>|cultist"
 			else if (src in ticker.mode.cult)
 				text += "<a href='?src=\ref[src];cult=clear'>employee</a>|<b>CULTIST</b>"
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ datum/mind
 			if (ticker.mode.config_tag=="traitor" || ticker.mode.config_tag=="traitorchan")
 				text = uppertext(text)
 			text = "<i><b>[text]</b></i>: "
-			if (H.is_loyalty_implanted(H))
+			if (H.is_loyalty_implanted())
 				text +="traitor|<b>LOYAL EMPLOYEE</b>"
 			else
 				if (src in ticker.mode.traitors)
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult.dm
index 93f2c468aa6..50819be8c1d 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult.dm
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 		return 0
 	if(iscultist(mind.current))	
 		return 1 //If they're already in the cult, assume they are convertable
+	if(jobban_isbanned(mind.current, "cultist") || jobban_isbanned(mind.current, "Syndicate"))
+		return 0
 	if(ishuman(mind.current) && (mind.assigned_role in list("Captain", "Chaplain")))	
 		return 0
 	if(ishuman(mind.current))
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes.dm
index d6343e88142..c42c9cec293 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes.dm
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ var/list/sacrificed = list()
 		"\red AAAAAAHHHH!.", \
 		"\red You hear an anguished scream.")
 		cult_log("[key_name_admin(usr)] tried to convert [key_name_admin(M)]")
-		if(is_convertable_to_cult(M.mind) && !jobban_isbanned(M, "cultist") && !jobban_isbanned(M,"Syndicate"))//putting jobban check here because is_convertable uses mind as argument
+		if(is_convertable_to_cult(M.mind))
 			ticker.mode.add_cultist(M.mind)
 			M.mind.special_role = "Cultist"
 			M << "<font color=\"purple\"><b><i>Your blood pulses. Your head throbs. The world goes red. All at once you are aware of a horrible, horrible truth. The veil of reality has been ripped away and in the festering wound left behind something sinister takes root.</b></i></font>"
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index d2ad4b9dd71..3cc77e56a1b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -431,12 +431,10 @@
 			var/armor_block = run_armor_check(affecting, "melee")
 			apply_damage(damage, BRUTE, affecting, armor_block)
 
-/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/is_loyalty_implanted(mob/living/carbon/human/M)	
-	if(!istype(M))
-		return 0
-	for(var/L in M.contents)
+/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/is_loyalty_implanted()	
+	for(var/L in contents)
 		if(istype(L, /obj/item/weapon/implant/loyalty))
-			for(var/obj/item/organ/external/O in M.organs)
+			for(var/obj/item/organ/external/O in organs)
 				if(L in O.implants)
 					return 1
 	return 0