diff --git a/code/modules/vore/eating/bellymodes.dm b/code/modules/vore/eating/bellymodes.dm
index 77864021b4..291ef8654f 100644
--- a/code/modules/vore/eating/bellymodes.dm
+++ b/code/modules/vore/eating/bellymodes.dm
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 					play_sound = pick(pred_digest)
 
 				//Pref protection!
-				if (!M.vore_flags & DIGESTABLE || M.vore_flags & ABSORBED)
+				if (!CHECK_BITFIELD(M.vore_flags, DIGESTABLE) || M.vore_flags & ABSORBED)
 					continue
 
 				//Person just died in guts!
diff --git a/code/modules/vore/eating/living.dm b/code/modules/vore/eating/living.dm
index bffb8b2517..1c9bf029ea 100644
--- a/code/modules/vore/eating/living.dm
+++ b/code/modules/vore/eating/living.dm
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 		testing("[user] attempted to feed [prey] to [pred], via [lowertext(belly.name)] but it went wrong.")
 		return
 
-	if (!prey.vore_flags & DEVOURABLE)
+	if (!CHECK_BITFIELD(prey.vore_flags, DEVOURABLE))
 		to_chat(user, "This can't be eaten!")
 		return FALSE