diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/spaceworms.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/spaceworms.dm
index 69bfb7506fd..3662485ddcc 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/spaceworms.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/spaceworms.dm
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 	anchored = 1 //otherwise people can literally fucking pull spaceworms apart
 
-//	faction = list("spaceworms") - Pretty sure this is only a thing on -tg- code
+	faction = list("spaceworms")
 
 	var/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/spaceWorm/previousWorm //next/previous segments, correspondingly
 	var/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/spaceWorm/nextWorm     //head is the nextest segment
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
 	AIenabled = 1//The head is conscious
 	stop_automated_movement = 0 //Ditto ^
 
+	faction = list("spaceworms") //head and body both have this faction JIC
+
 	//head specific variables
 	var/spawnWithSegments = 6
 	var/list/totalWormSegments = list() //doesn't contain src