diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/stun.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/stun.dm
index 643b032cda..00ce2bb3b8 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/stun.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/guns/energy/stun.dm
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 	name = "disabler"
 	desc = "A self-defense weapon that exhausts organic targets, weakening them until they collapse."
 	icon_state = "disabler"
-	item_state = "disabler"
+	item_state = null
 	origin_tech = "combat=3"
 	ammo_type = list(/obj/item/ammo_casing/energy/disabler)
 	ammo_x_offset = 3