diff --git a/code/datums/components/fantasy/prefixes.dm b/code/datums/components/fantasy/prefixes.dm
index b6de85cab0..fa72eb8ffd 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/fantasy/prefixes.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/fantasy/prefixes.dm
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@
 
 /datum/fantasy_affix/tactical/apply(datum/component/fantasy/comp, newName)
 	var/obj/item/master = comp.parent
-	master.AddElement(/datum/element/tactical)
-	comp.appliedElements += list(/datum/element/tactical)
+	var/list/dat = list(/datum/element/tactical)
+	master._AddElement(dat)
+	comp.appliedElements[len+1] = dat
 	return "tactical [newName]"
 
 /datum/fantasy_affix/pyromantic