diff --git a/code/modules/mining/kinetic_crusher.dm b/code/modules/mining/kinetic_crusher.dm
index 7effaf60d98..043dfe81885 100644
--- a/code/modules/mining/kinetic_crusher.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mining/kinetic_crusher.dm
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 	desc = "A modified design of a proto-kinetic crusher, it is still little more of a combination of various mining tools cobbled together \
 	and kit-bashed into a high-tech cleaver on a stick - with a handguard and a goliath hide grip. While it is still of little use to any \
 	but the most skilled and/or suicidal miners against local fauna, it's an elegant weapon for a more civilized hunter."
-    
+
     look gary there i am
     - hatterhat
 */
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@
 	backstab_bonus = 40 // 100
 	thrown_bonus = 20 // 120
 	update_item_state = FALSE
+	slot_flags = SLOT_BELT
+
+		
 
 
 /obj/item/weapon/kinetic_crusher/machete/gauntlets
@@ -275,6 +278,7 @@
 	detonation_damage = 37 // 75
 	backstab_bonus = 55 // 130
 	var/obj/item/offhand/crushergauntlets/offhand
+	slot_flags = null
 
 /obj/item/weapon/kinetic_crusher/machete/gauntlets/equipped()
 	. = ..()
@@ -381,6 +385,7 @@
 	thrown_bonus = 50 // 135 but you drop your knife because you threw it
 
 
+
 //destablizing force
 /obj/item/projectile/destabilizer
 	name = "destabilizing force"