diff --git a/code/controllers/emergency_shuttle_controller.dm b/code/controllers/emergency_shuttle_controller.dm
index 015584591dd..e68475560ae 100644
--- a/code/controllers/emergency_shuttle_controller.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/emergency_shuttle_controller.dm
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ var/global/datum/emergency_shuttle_controller/emergency_shuttle
 //returns 1 if the shuttle has gone to the station and come back at least once,
 //used for game completion checking purposes
 /datum/emergency_shuttle_controller/proc/returned()
-	(departed && shuttle.moving_status == SHUTTLE_IDLE && shuttle.location)	//we've gone to the station at least once, no longer in transit and are idle back at centcom
+	return (departed && shuttle.moving_status == SHUTTLE_IDLE && shuttle.location)	//we've gone to the station at least once, no longer in transit and are idle back at centcom
 
 //returns 1 if the shuttle is not idle at centcom
 /datum/emergency_shuttle_controller/proc/online()