diff --git a/code/modules/holiday/halloween/jacqueen.dm b/code/modules/holiday/halloween/jacqueen.dm
index 17e8fd31da..3b544921f1 100644
--- a/code/modules/holiday/halloween/jacqueen.dm
+++ b/code/modules/holiday/halloween/jacqueen.dm
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/jacq/proc/jacqrunes(message, mob/living/carbon/C) //Displays speechtext over Jacq for the user only.
 	var/atom/hearer = C
-	//var/list/spans = list("spooky")
-	spans |= "spooky"
+	var/list/spans = list("spooky")
 	new /datum/chatmessage(message, src, hearer, spans)
 	//new /datum/chatmessage(lang_treat(speaker, message_language, raw_message, spans, null, TRUE), speaker, src, spans)