diff --git a/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/commands.dm b/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/commands.dm
index b5be9f9ba5..c7ae3b70b3 100644
--- a/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/commands.dm
+++ b/src/DMAPI/tgs/v5/commands.dm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /datum/tgs_api/v5/proc/ListCustomCommands()
 	var/results = list()
+	custom_commands = list()
 	for(var/I in typesof(/datum/tgs_chat_command) - /datum/tgs_chat_command)
 		var/datum/tgs_chat_command/stc = new I
 		var/command_name = stc.name