diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/default_language.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/default_language.dm
index 66cdcb28ad..ff72f448f1 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/default_language.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/default_language.dm
@@ -5,30 +5,34 @@
 	set name = "Set Default Language"
 	set category = "IC.Settings"
 
-	var/language = tgui_input_list(usr, "Select your default language", "Available languages", languages)
+	if(!LAZYLEN(languages))
+		to_chat(src, span_warning("You can't speak any languages."))
+		return
+
+	var/language = tgui_input_list(src, "Select your default language", "Available languages", languages)
+	if(!language)
+		return
 
 	apply_default_language(language)
 
 // Silicons can't neccessarily speak everything in their languages list
 /mob/living/silicon/set_default_language()
-	var/language = tgui_input_list(usr, "Select your default language", "Available languages", speech_synthesizer_langs)
-	// Silicons have no species language usually. So let's default them to GALCOM
-	if(!language)
-		to_chat(src, span_notice("You will now speak your standard default language, common, if you do not specify a language when speaking."))
-		for(var/datum/language/lang in speech_synthesizer_langs)
-			if(lang.name == LANGUAGE_GALCOM)
-				default_language = lang
-				break
+	if(!LAZYLEN(speech_synthesizer_langs))
+		to_chat(src, span_warning("You can't speak any languages."))
 		return
+	var/language = tgui_input_list(src, "Select your default language", "Available languages", speech_synthesizer_langs)
+	if(!language)
+		return
+
 	apply_default_language(language)
 
 /mob/living/proc/apply_default_language(var/language)
-	if (only_species_language && language != GLOB.all_languages[src.species_language])
-		to_chat(src, span_notice("You can only speak your species language, [src.species_language]."))
+	if (only_species_language && language != GLOB.all_languages[species_language])
+		to_chat(src, span_notice("You can only speak your species language, [species_language]."))
 		return 0
 
-	if(language == GLOB.all_languages[src.species_language])
-		to_chat(src, span_notice("You will now speak your standard default language, [language ? language : "common"], if you do not specify a language when speaking."))
+	if(language == GLOB.all_languages[species_language])
+		to_chat(src, span_notice("You will now speak your standard default language, [language], if you do not specify a language when speaking."))
 	else if (language)
 
 		if(language && !can_speak(language))
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_mob/subtypes/vore/pakkun.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_mob/subtypes/vore/pakkun.dm
index ba0e5becbe..d64d84e250 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_mob/subtypes/vore/pakkun.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_mob/subtypes/vore/pakkun.dm
@@ -81,11 +81,13 @@
 		return
 
 	if(resting)
-		vore_selected.digest_mode = DM_UNABSORB
+		if(isbelly(vore_selected))
+			vore_selected.digest_mode = DM_UNABSORB
 		ai_holder.go_sleep()
 
 	else
-		vore_selected.digest_mode = vore_default_mode
+		if(isbelly(vore_selected))
+			vore_selected.digest_mode = vore_default_mode
 		ai_holder.go_wake()
 
 /mob/living/simple_mob/vore/pakkun/attack_hand(mob/user)