diff --git a/code/modules/mob/language/station.dm b/code/modules/mob/language/station.dm
index 32c579f82d..85bd64c0fc 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/language/station.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/language/station.dm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	colour = "soghun"
 	key = "q"
 	machine_understands = 0
-	flags = RESTRICTED
+	flags = WHITELISTED // RESTRICTED would make this completely unavailable from character select
 	syllables = list("hs","zt","kr","st","sh")
 
 /datum/language/diona_local/get_random_name()
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	desc = "A complex language known instinctively by Dionaea, 'spoken' by emitting modulated radio waves. This version uses low frequency waves for slow communication at long ranges."
 	key = "w"
 	machine_understands = 0
-	flags = RESTRICTED | HIVEMIND
+	flags = WHITELISTED | HIVEMIND // RESTRICTED would make this completely unavailable from character select
 
 /datum/language/unathi
 	name = LANGUAGE_UNATHI