diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm b/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm
index 8e18b44bfd..136bb89585 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(pda_styles, list(MONO, VT, ORBITRON, SHARE))
 
 //pda icon reskins
 #define PDA_SKIN_CLASSIC "Classic"
-#define PDA_SKIN_ALT "Alternative"
+#define PDA_SKIN_ALT "Holographic"
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(pda_reskins, list(PDA_SKIN_CLASSIC = "", PDA_SKIN_ALT = "_alt"))
 
diff --git a/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm b/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm
index ac465726d0..49e7d014ab 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preferences_savefile.dm
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ SAVEFILE UPDATING/VERSIONING - 'Simplified', or rather, more coder-friendly ~Car
 	be_special		= SANITIZE_LIST(be_special)
 	pda_style		= sanitize_inlist(pda_style, GLOB.pda_styles, initial(pda_style))
 	pda_color		= sanitize_hexcolor(pda_color, 6, 1, initial(pda_color))
+	pda_skin		= sanitize_inlist(pda_skin, GLOB.pda_reskins, PDA_SKIN_ALT)
 
 	screenshake			= sanitize_integer(screenshake, 0, 800, initial(screenshake))
 	damagescreenshake	= sanitize_integer(damagescreenshake, 0, 2, initial(damagescreenshake))