diff --git a/code/game/dna/genes/disabilities.dm b/code/game/dna/genes/disabilities.dm
index 48ffb648121..8b8a86009b9 100644
--- a/code/game/dna/genes/disabilities.dm
+++ b/code/game/dna/genes/disabilities.dm
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 /datum/dna/gene/disability/epilepsy/OnMobLife(mob/living/carbon/human/H)
 	if((prob(1) && H.paralysis < 1))
-		H.visible_message("<span class='danger'>[src] starts having a seizure!</span>","<span class='alert'>You have a seizure!</span>")
+		H.visible_message("<span class='danger'>[H] starts having a seizure!</span>","<span class='alert'>You have a seizure!</span>")
 		H.Paralyse(10)
 		H.Jitter(1000)
 
diff --git a/code/game/dna/genes/vg_powers.dm b/code/game/dna/genes/vg_powers.dm
index cc54d817752..9092448e398 100644
--- a/code/game/dna/genes/vg_powers.dm
+++ b/code/game/dna/genes/vg_powers.dm
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 
 	M.update_dna()
 
-	M.visible_message("<span class='notice'>[src] morphs and changes [p_their()] appearance!</span>", "<span class='notice'>You change your appearance!</span>", "<span class='warning'>Oh, god!  What the hell was that?  It sounded like flesh getting squished and bone ground into a different shape!</span>")
+	M.visible_message("<span class='notice'>[M] morphs and changes [M.p_their()] appearance!</span>", "<span class='notice'>You change your appearance!</span>", "<span class='warning'>Oh, god!  What the hell was that?  It sounded like flesh getting squished and bone ground into a different shape!</span>")
 
 /datum/dna/gene/basic/grant_spell/remotetalk
 	name = "Telepathy"