diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_helpers/slab_abilities.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_helpers/slab_abilities.dm
index 95a46705f0..fedcfa0e97 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_helpers/slab_abilities.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_helpers/slab_abilities.dm
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 		else if(L.stat)
 			to_chat(ranged_ability_user, "<span class='neovgre'>\"There is use in shackling the dead, but for examples.\"</span>")
 			return TRUE
-		else if(L.handcuffed)
+		else if (istype(L.handcuffed,/obj/item/restraints/handcuffs/clockwork))
 			to_chat(ranged_ability_user, "<span class='neovgre'>\"They are already helpless, no?\"</span>")
 			return TRUE
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		"<span class='neovgre_small'>You begin shaping replicant alloy into manacles around [L]'s wrists...</span>")
 		to_chat(L, "<span class='userdanger'>[ranged_ability_user] begins forming manacles around your wrists!</span>")
 		if(do_mob(ranged_ability_user, L, 30))
-			if(!L.handcuffed)
+			if(!(istype(L.handcuffed,/obj/item/restraints/handcuffs/clockwork)))
 				L.handcuffed = new/obj/item/restraints/handcuffs/clockwork(L)
 				L.update_handcuffed()
 				to_chat(ranged_ability_user, "<span class='neovgre_small'>You shackle [L].</span>")
diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_structures/ocular_warden.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_structures/ocular_warden.dm
index 86d9497934..f6df9efbbe 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_structures/ocular_warden.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/clockcult/clock_structures/ocular_warden.dm
@@ -112,8 +112,12 @@
 			continue
 		if(is_servant_of_ratvar(L) || (L.has_trait(TRAIT_BLIND)) || L.anti_magic_check(TRUE, TRUE))
 			continue
-		if(L.stat || L.restrained() || L.buckled || L.lying)
+		if(L.stat || L.lying)
 			continue
+		if (iscarbon(L))
+			var/mob/living/carbon/c = L
+			if (istype(c.handcuffed,/obj/item/restraints/handcuffs/clockwork))
+				continue
 		if(ishostile(L))
 			var/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/H = L
 			if(("ratvar" in H.faction) || (!H.mind && "neutral" in H.faction))