diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/quirks.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/quirks.dm
index 88637a3881..47eebc4bda 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/quirks.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/quirks.dm
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ PROCESSING_SUBSYSTEM_DEF(quirks)
 				our_quirks -= i
 				cut += i
 				pointscut += quirk_points_by_name(i)
-			if (pointscut == 0)
+			if (pointscut <= 0)
 				break
 	/*	//Code to automatically reduce positive quirks until balance is even.
 	var/points_used = total_points(our_quirks)