diff --git a/code/_helpers/type2type.dm b/code/_helpers/type2type.dm
index 34237faad1..0cc3327b68 100644
--- a/code/_helpers/type2type.dm
+++ b/code/_helpers/type2type.dm
@@ -349,21 +349,22 @@
 		last_found  = found + delim_len
 	while (found)
 
+
 /proc/type2parent(child)
 	var/string_type = "[child]"
 	var/last_slash = findlasttext(string_type, "/")
-	if(last_slash == 1)
-		switch(child)
-			if(/datum)
-				return null
-			if(/obj || /mob)
-				return /atom/movable
-			if(/area || /turf)
-				return /atom
-			else
-				return /datum
+	if (last_slash != 1)
+		return text2path(copytext(string_type, 1, last_slash))
+	switch (child)
+		if (/datum)
+			return null
+		if (/obj, /mob)
+			return /atom/movable
+		if (/area, /turf)
+			return /atom
+		else
+			return /datum
 
-	return text2path(copytext(string_type, 1, last_slash))
 
 //checks if a file exists and contains text
 //returns text as a string if these conditions are met