diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index cbf990accdc..8d198123db0 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -33,17 +33,12 @@
 	h_style = "Bald"
 	..(new_loc, "Skellington")
 
-
 /mob/living/carbon/human/kidan/New(var/new_loc)
 	..(new_loc, "Kidan")
 
 /mob/living/carbon/human/slime/New(var/new_loc)
 	..(new_loc, "Slime People")
-	dna = new /datum/dna(null)
-	dna.species=species.name
-	dna.mutantrace = "slime"
-	update_mutantrace()
-
+	verbs += /mob/living/carbon/human/slime/proc/slimepeople_ventcrawl
 
 /mob/living/carbon/human/grey/New(var/new_loc)
 	..(new_loc, "Grey")
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/species.dm
index 5c28ccc6243..9c73a8719db 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/species.dm
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@
 	bodyflags = FEET_NOSLIP
 	abilities = list(/mob/living/carbon/human/slime/proc/slimepeople_ventcrawl)
 
+/datum/species/slime/handle_post_spawn(var/mob/living/carbon/human/H)
+	H.dna.mutantrace = "slime"
+	H.update_mutantrace()
+
 
 /datum/species/grey // /vg/
 	name = "Grey"