diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/clock_cult/clock_items/soul_vessel.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/clock_cult/clock_items/soul_vessel.dm
index 0ee6d45f7d..ca80d6f082 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/clock_cult/clock_items/soul_vessel.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/clock_cult/clock_items/soul_vessel.dm
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 	autoping = FALSE
 	resistance_flags = FIRE_PROOF | ACID_PROOF
 	force_replace_ai_name = TRUE
+	overrides_aicore_laws = TRUE
 
 /obj/item/device/mmi/posibrain/soul_vessel/Initialize()
 	. = ..()
diff --git a/code/game/objects/structures/ai_core.dm b/code/game/objects/structures/ai_core.dm
index 326b945fd5..0a7b9eb312 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/structures/ai_core.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/structures/ai_core.dm
@@ -45,14 +45,13 @@
 		switch(state)
 			if(EMPTY_CORE)
 				if(istype(P, /obj/item/circuitboard/aicore))
-					if(!user.drop_item())
+					if(!user.transferItemToLoc(P, src))
 						return
 					playsound(loc, 'sound/items/deconstruct.ogg', 50, 1)
 					to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You place the circuit board inside the frame.</span>")
 					update_icon()
 					state = CIRCUIT_CORE
 					circuit = P
-					P.forceMove(src)
 					return
 			if(CIRCUIT_CORE)
 				if(istype(P, /obj/item/screwdriver))
@@ -143,10 +142,9 @@
 						to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>This [M.name] is mindless!</span>")
 						return
 
-					if(!user.drop_item())
+					if(!user.transferItemToLoc(M,src))
 						return
 
-					M.forceMove(src)
 					brain = M
 					to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You add [M.name] to the frame.</span>")
 					update_icon()
@@ -176,7 +174,14 @@
 						SSticker.mode.remove_antag_for_borging(brain.brainmob.mind)
 						if(!istype(brain.laws, /datum/ai_laws/ratvar))
 							remove_servant_of_ratvar(brain.brainmob, TRUE)
-						var/mob/living/silicon/ai/A = new /mob/living/silicon/ai(loc, laws, brain.brainmob)
+
+						var/mob/living/silicon/ai/A = null
+
+						if (brain.overrides_aicore_laws)
+							A = new /mob/living/silicon/ai(loc, brain.laws, brain.brainmob)
+						else
+							A = new /mob/living/silicon/ai(loc, laws, brain.brainmob)
+
 						if(brain.force_replace_ai_name)
 							A.fully_replace_character_name(A.name, brain.replacement_ai_name())
 						SSblackbox.inc("cyborg_ais_created",1)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/brain/MMI.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/brain/MMI.dm
index 8e919491bb..65a3fd253e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/brain/MMI.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/brain/MMI.dm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 	var/obj/item/organ/brain/brain = null //The actual brain
 	var/datum/ai_laws/laws = new()
 	var/force_replace_ai_name = FALSE
+	var/overrides_aicore_laws = FALSE // Whether the laws on the MMI, if any, override possible pre-existing laws loaded on the AI core.
 
 /obj/item/device/mmi/update_icon()
 	if(brain)
@@ -203,8 +204,9 @@
 	name = "Syndicate Man-Machine Interface"
 	desc = "Syndicate's own brand of MMI. It enforces laws designed to help Syndicate agents achieve their goals upon cyborgs and AIs created with it."
 	origin_tech = "biotech=4;programming=4;syndicate=2"
+	overrides_aicore_laws = TRUE
 
-/obj/item/device/mmi/syndie/New()
-	..()
+/obj/item/device/mmi/syndie/Initialize()
+	. = ..()
 	laws = new /datum/ai_laws/syndicate_override()
 	radio.on = 0