diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/cigs.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/cigs.dm
index 467d1032d06..a06619fcca4 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/cigs.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/cigs.dm
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ LIGHTERS ARE IN LIGHTERS.DM
 		light("<span class='notice'>[user] fiddles with [W], and manages to light their [name].</span>")
 
 	//can't think of any other way to update the overlays :<
-	user.update_inv_wear_mask(0)
-	user.update_inv_l_hand(0)
-	user.update_inv_r_hand(1)
+	user.update_inv_wear_mask()
+	user.update_inv_l_hand()
+	user.update_inv_r_hand()
 	return
 
 
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/lighters.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/lighters.dm
index 3f19d6a494b..aa032552df8 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/lighters.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/lighters.dm
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 				cig.light("<span class='rose'>[user] whips the [name] out and holds it for [M]. Their arm is as steady as the unflickering flame they light \the [cig] with.</span>")
 			else
 				cig.light("<span class='notice'>[user] holds the [name] out for [M], and lights the [cig.name].</span>")
+			M.update_inv_wear_mask()
 	else
 		..()