diff --git a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
index 06f034bf15c..7fe685edf9f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 	var/show_hidden_jobs = 0	//Show jobs that are set to "Never" in preferences
 	var/has_respawned = FALSE	//Determines if we're using RESPAWN_MESSAGE
 	var/datum/browser/panel
-	var/datum/tgui_module/crew_manifest/manifest = null
+	var/datum/tgui_module/crew_manifest/new_player/manifest_dialog = null
 	var/datum/tgui_module/late_choices/late_choices_dialog = null
 	universal_speak = 1
 
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 /mob/new_player/Destroy()
 	if(panel)
 		QDEL_NULL(panel)
-	if(manifest)
-		QDEL_NULL(manifest)
+	if(manifest_dialog)
+		QDEL_NULL(manifest_dialog)
 	if(late_choices_dialog)
 		QDEL_NULL(late_choices_dialog)
 	. = ..()
@@ -593,15 +593,15 @@
 	return new_character
 
 /mob/new_player/proc/ViewManifest()
-	if(!manifest)
-		manifest = new(src)
-	manifest.tgui_interact(src)
+	if(!manifest_dialog)
+		manifest_dialog = new(src)
+	manifest_dialog.tgui_interact(src)
 
 /mob/new_player/Move()
 	return 0
 
 /mob/new_player/proc/close_spawn_windows()
-	manifest?.close_ui()
+	manifest_dialog?.close_ui()
 	late_choices_dialog?.close_ui()
 
 	src << browse(null, "window=latechoices") //closes late choices window
diff --git a/code/modules/tgui/modules/crew_manifest.dm b/code/modules/tgui/modules/crew_manifest.dm
index 695e81191a7..877a03d5367 100644
--- a/code/modules/tgui/modules/crew_manifest.dm
+++ b/code/modules/tgui/modules/crew_manifest.dm
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 /datum/tgui_module/crew_manifest/robot/tgui_state(mob/user)
 	return GLOB.tgui_self_state
 
+/datum/tgui_module/crew_manifest/new_player
+/datum/tgui_module/crew_manifest/new_player/tgui_state(mob/user)
+	return GLOB.tgui_always_state
+
 // Module that deletes itself when it's closed
 /datum/tgui_module/crew_manifest/self_deleting