diff --git a/code/modules/vore/resizing/crackers.dm b/code/modules/vore/resizing/crackers.dm
index b88a87cb2a7..8d718d379d7 100644
--- a/code/modules/vore/resizing/crackers.dm
+++ b/code/modules/vore/resizing/crackers.dm
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 	if(target == user)
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You can't pull \the [src] by yourself, that would just be sad!</span>")
 		return
+	to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You offer \the [src] to \the [target] to pull and wait to see how whether they do.</span>")
 	var/check_pull = tgui_alert(target, "\The [user] is offering to pull \the [src] with you, do you want to pull it?", "Pull Cracker", list("Yes", "No"))
 	if(check_pull == "No")
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>\The [target] chose not to pull \the [src]!</span>")
@@ -50,6 +51,11 @@
 	if(!adjacent)
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>\The [target] is not standing close enough to pull \the [src]!</span>")
 		return
+	var/obj/item/check_hand = user.get_active_hand()
+	if(check_hand != src)
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>\The [src] is no longer in-hand!</span>")
+		to_chat(target, "<span class='notice'>\The [src] is no longer in-hand!</span>")
+		return
 	var/prize = pick(prizes)
 	var/joke = pick(jokes)
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/winner