diff --git a/code/datums/components/mood.dm b/code/datums/components/mood.dm
index eb381af577..479f63d330 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/mood.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/mood.dm
@@ -264,8 +264,6 @@
 	if(the_event.timeout)
 		addtimer(CALLBACK(src, .proc/clear_event, null, category), the_event.timeout, TIMER_UNIQUE|TIMER_OVERRIDE)
 
-	return the_event
-
 /datum/component/mood/proc/clear_event(datum/source, category)
 	var/datum/mood_event/event = mood_events[category]
 	if(!event)
diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/revenant/revenant_blight.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/revenant/revenant_blight.dm
index 89d8de283a..3e05b8d945 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/revenant/revenant_blight.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/revenant/revenant_blight.dm
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 	disease_flags = CURABLE
 	permeability_mod = 1
 	severity = DISEASE_SEVERITY_DANGEROUS
-	var/finalstage = 0 //Because we're spawning off the cure in the final stage, we need to check if we've done the final stage's effects.
-	var/datum/mood_event/revenant_blight/depression
+	var/finalstage = FALSE //Because we're spawning off the cure in the final stage, we need to check if we've done the final stage's effects.
+	var/depression = FALSE
 
 /datum/disease/revblight/cure()
 	if(affected_mob)
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 				affected_mob.emote("pale")
 		if(3)
 			if(!depression)
-				depression = SEND_SIGNAL(affected_mob, COMSIG_ADD_MOOD_EVENT, "rev_blight", /datum/mood_event/revenant_blight)
+				SEND_SIGNAL(affected_mob, COMSIG_ADD_MOOD_EVENT, "rev_blight", /datum/mood_event/revenant_blight)
+				depression = TRUE
 			SEND_SIGNAL(affected_mob, COMSIG_DECREASE_SANITY, 0.12, SANITY_CRAZY)
 			if(prob(10))
 				affected_mob.emote(pick("pale","shiver"))