diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/core.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/core.dm
index 0e1fc7daa86..e17b5098c5c 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/core.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/core.dm
@@ -120,4 +120,17 @@
 				B.mind.special_role = SPECIAL_ROLE_BLOB_OVERMIND
 			spawn(0)
 				if(is_offspring)
-					B.verbs -= /mob/camera/blob/verb/split_consciousness
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+					B.verbs -= /mob/camera/blob/verb/split_consciousness
+
+/obj/structure/blob/core/proc/lateblobtimer()
+	addtimer(CALLBACK(src, .proc/lateblobcheck), 50)
+
+/obj/structure/blob/core/proc/lateblobcheck()
+	if(overmind)
+		overmind.add_points(60)
+		if(overmind.mind)
+			overmind.mind.special_role = SPECIAL_ROLE_BLOB_OVERMIND
+		else
+			log_debug("/obj/structure/blob/core/proc/lateblobcheck: Blob core lacks a overmind.mind.")
+	else
+		log_debug("/obj/structure/blob/core/proc/lateblobcheck: Blob core lacks an overmind.")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/storage.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/storage.dm
index f29fb9af405..8c9da104edf 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/storage.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/storage.dm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	var/mob/camera/blob/overmind = null
 
 /obj/structure/blob/storage/update_icon()
-	if(health <= 0)
+	if(health <= 0 && !QDELETED(src))
 		overmind.max_blob_points -= 50
 		qdel(src)
 
diff --git a/code/modules/events/blob.dm b/code/modules/events/blob.dm
index e58b2a861bd..a482642f023 100644
--- a/code/modules/events/blob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/events/blob.dm
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /datum/event/blob
-	announceWhen	= 60
-	endWhen			= 120
-	var/obj/structure/blob/core/Blob
+	announceWhen	= 120
+	endWhen			= 180
 
 /datum/event/blob/announce()
 	event_announcement.Announce("Confirmed outbreak of level 5 biohazard aboard [station_name()]. All personnel must contain the outbreak.", "Biohazard Alert", 'sound/AI/outbreak5.ogg')
@@ -24,11 +23,4 @@
 	B.key = M.key
 	to_chat(B, "<span class='userdanger'>You are now a mouse, infected with blob spores. Find somewhere isolated... before you burst and become the blob! Use ventcrawl (alt-click on vents) to move around.</span>")
 	var/image/alert_overlay = image('icons/mob/blob.dmi', "blank_blob")
-	notify_ghosts("Infected Mouse has appeared in [get_area(B)].", source = B, alert_overlay = alert_overlay)
-
-/datum/event/blob/tick()
-	if(!Blob)
-		kill()
-		return
-	if(IsMultiple(activeFor, 3))
-		Blob.process()
+	notify_ghosts("Infected Mouse has appeared in [get_area(B)].", source = B, alert_overlay = alert_overlay)
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diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/friendly/mouse.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/friendly/mouse.dm
index 079ec7df1d2..762dea31272 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/friendly/mouse.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/friendly/mouse.dm
@@ -186,9 +186,7 @@
 	if(istype(blobmind) && istype(C))
 		blobmind.special_role = SPECIAL_ROLE_BLOB
 		var/obj/structure/blob/core/core = new(T, 200, C, 3)
-		if(core.overmind && core.overmind.mind)
-			//core.overmind.mind.name = blob.name
-			core.overmind.mind.special_role = SPECIAL_ROLE_BLOB_OVERMIND
+		core.lateblobtimer()
 	else
 		new /obj/structure/blob/core(T) // Ghosts will be prompted to control it.
 	if(ismob(loc)) // in case some taj/etc ate the mouse.