diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/MMI.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/MMI.dm
index 0d5b6ada6c0..afdfe7a6d7f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/MMI.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/MMI.dm
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 		src.brainmob.mind.reset()
 	src.brainmob.ckey = candidate.ckey
 	src.name = "[name] ([src.brainmob.name])"
-	src.brainmob << "<b>You are a [src], brought into existence on [station_name()].</b>"
+	src.brainmob << "<b>You are [src.name], brought into existence on [station_name()].</b>"
 	src.brainmob << "<b>As a synthetic intelligence, you are designed with organic values in mind.</b>"
 	src.brainmob << "<b>However, unless placed in a lawed chassis, you are not obligated to obey any individual crew member.</b>" //it's not like they can hurt anyone
 //	src.brainmob << "<b>Use say #b to speak to other artificial intelligences.</b>"
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@
 	..()
 	src.brainmob.name = "[pick(list("ADA","DOS","GNU","MAC","WIN","NJS","SKS","DRD","IOS","CRM","IBM","TEX","LVM","BSD",))]-[rand(1000, 9999)]"
 	src.brainmob.real_name = src.brainmob.name
-	src.name = "robotic intelligence circuit ([src.brainmob.name])"
 
 /obj/item/device/mmi/digital/robot/transfer_identity(var/mob/living/carbon/H)
 	..()