diff --git a/GainStation13/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/reactions.dm b/GainStation13/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/reactions.dm
index 4f19363da1..1abd8e77ee 100644
--- a/GainStation13/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/reactions.dm
+++ b/GainStation13/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/reactions.dm
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 /datum/gas_reaction/lipoifium_formation/react(datum/gas_mixture/air)
 	// TODO: make the reaction exothermic, and make it more efficient at lower temperatures
+	if (air.get_moles(GAS_BZ) < 15 || air.get_moles(GAS_TRITIUM) < 15)
+		return NO_REACTION
 	var/temperature = air.return_temperature()
 	var/reaction_efficiency = 0
 	if (temperature <= 5)
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@
 	else
 		reaction_efficiency = -((temperature - 5) / 95) + 1		// will equal 1 at 5 kelvin, and will linearly fall until 0 at 100k
 
-	var/energy_released = reaction_efficiency*FIRE_CARBON_ENERGY_RELEASED
+	var/energy_released = reaction_efficiency * FIRE_CARBON_ENERGY_RELEASED
 	air.adjust_moles(GAS_FAT, reaction_efficiency)
 	air.adjust_moles(GAS_TRITIUM, -reaction_efficiency / 2)
 	air.adjust_moles(GAS_BZ, -reaction_efficiency / 2)