diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/monkey/punpun.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/monkey/punpun.dm
index 711e771074..52ca8c8226 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/monkey/punpun.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/monkey/punpun.dm
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@
 	if(!ancestor_name)
 		file_data["ancestor_name"] = name
 	fdel(json_file)
-	WRITE_FILE(json_file, json_encode(json_file))
+	WRITE_FILE(json_file, json_encode(file_data))
 	if(!dead)
 		memory_saved = 1
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