diff --git a/src/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm b/src/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm
index 609a8990e4..70252cfb49 100644
--- a/src/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm
+++ b/src/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 				if(0)
 					api_datum = /datum/tgs_api/v4
 
-	if(version.suite != null && version.major != null && version.minor != null && version.patch != null && version.deprefixed_parameter > TgsMaximumAPIVersion())
+	var/datum/tgs_version/max_api_version = TgsMaximumAPIVersion();
+	if(version.suite != null && version.major != null && version.minor != null && version.patch != null && version.deprefixed_parameter > max_api_version.deprefixed_parameter)
 		TGS_ERROR_LOG("Detected unknown API version! Defaulting to latest. Update the DMAPI to fix this problem.")
 		api_datum = /datum/tgs_api/latest