diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/parrot.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/parrot.dm
index 4bab410d66..3ca29b6746 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/parrot.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/parrot.dm
@@ -978,7 +978,8 @@
 /mob/living/simple_animal/parrot/Poly/ghost
 	name = "The Ghost of Poly"
 	desc = "Doomed to squawk the Earth."
-	color = "#FFFFFF77"
+	color = "#FFFFFF"
+	alpha = 77
 	speak_chance = 20
 	status_flags = GODMODE
 	incorporeal_move = INCORPOREAL_MOVE_BASIC