diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/pai_vr.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/pai_vr.dm
index dab51a3595..5346d96c35 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/pai_vr.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/pai_vr.dm
@@ -515,6 +515,10 @@
 				to_chat(src, span_warning("Insufficient RAM for download. (Cost [our_soft.ram_cost] : [ram] Remaining)"))
 				return
 			if(tgui_alert(src, "Do you want to download [our_soft.name]? It costs [our_soft.ram_cost], and you have [ram] remaining.", "Download [our_soft.name]", list("Yes", "No")) == "Yes")
+				if(!(ram >= our_soft.ram_cost))
+					return
+				if(software[our_soft.id])
+					return
 				ram -= our_soft.ram_cost
 				software[our_soft.id] = our_soft
 				to_chat(src, span_notice("You downloaded [our_soft.name]. ([ram] RAM remaining.)"))