diff --git a/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm b/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm
index b15fd2c261..d24bc2c9ae 100644
--- a/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm
+++ b/DMAPI/tgs/core/core.dm
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@
 		TGS_ERROR_LOG("Found unsupported API version: [tgs_version]. If this is a valid version please report this, backporting is done on demand.")
 		return
 
+	TGS_INFO_LOG("Activating API for version [tgs_version]")
 	var/datum/tgs_api/new_api = new path
-	TGS_INFO_LOG("Activated tgstation-server API for version [tgs_version]")
 
 	var/result = new_api.OnWorldNew(event_handler ? event_handler : new /datum/tgs_event_handler/tgs_default)
 	if(result && result != TGS_UNIMPLEMENTED)
 		TGS_WRITE_GLOBAL(tgs, new_api)
+	else
+		TGS_ERROR_LOG("Failed to activate API!")
 
 /world/proc/SelectTgsApi(tgs_version)
 	//remove the old 3.0 header
diff --git a/DMAPI/tgs/v3210/api.dm b/DMAPI/tgs/v3210/api.dm
index 5f69889f07..2302249763 100644
--- a/DMAPI/tgs/v3210/api.dm
+++ b/DMAPI/tgs/v3210/api.dm
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 	return splittext(trim_left(trim_right(file2text(filename))), "\n")
 
 /datum/tgs_api/v3210/OnWorldNew(datum/tgs_event_handler/event_handler)	//don't use event handling in this version
+	. = FALSE
+
 	comms_key = world.params[SERVICE_WORLD_PARAM]
 	instance_name = world.params[SERVICE_INSTANCE_PARAM]
 	if(!instance_name)
@@ -72,9 +74,10 @@
 
 	if(world.system_type != MS_WINDOWS)
 		TGS_ERROR_LOG("This API version is only supported on Windows. Not running on Windows. Aborting initialization!")
-		return FALSE
+		return
 	ListServiceCustomCommands(TRUE)
 	ExportService("[SERVICE_REQUEST_API_VERSION] [ApiVersion()]", TRUE)
+	return TRUE
 
 //nothing to do for v3
 /datum/tgs_api/v3210/OnInitializationComplete()