diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable/humans.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable/humans.dm
index 989bd213f4..e03766fb82 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable/humans.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/decals/cleanable/humans.dm
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@
 /obj/effect/decal/cleanable/blood/gibs/Initialize(mapload, list/datum/disease/diseases)
 	. = ..()
 	if(gib_overlay)
-		var/mutable_appearance/gibz = mutable_appearance(icon, icon_state + "-overlay", layer = -LOW_OBJ_LAYER)
-		gibz.color = null
+		var/icon/gibz = new(icon, icon_state + "-overlay")
 		add_overlay(gibz)
 	reagents.add_reagent("liquidgibs", 5)
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm
index cc5b7f392d..9d233591d3 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm
@@ -56,25 +56,24 @@
 				//Bloody footprints
 				var/turf/T = get_turf(src)
 				if(S.bloody_shoes && S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state])
-					for(var/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/blood/footprints/tracks/oldFP in T)
-						if (oldFP.blood_state == S.blood_state)
-							return
-					//No oldFP or they're all a different kind of blood
-					S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state] = max(0, S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state] - BLOOD_LOSS_PER_STEP)
-					if (S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state] > BLOOD_LOSS_IN_SPREAD)
-						var/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/blood/footprints/tracks/FP = new /obj/effect/decal/cleanable/blood/footprints/tracks/footprints(T)
-						FP.blood_state = S.blood_state
-						FP.entered_dirs |= dir
-						FP.bloodiness = S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state] - BLOOD_LOSS_IN_SPREAD
-						FP.transfer_blood_dna(S.blood_DNA)
-						FP.color = blood_DNA_to_color() //Color the blood with our dna stuff
-						FP.update_icon()
+					var/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/blood/footprints/oldFP = locate(/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/blood/footprints) in T
+					if(oldFP && (oldFP.blood_state == S.blood_state && oldFP.color == bloodtype_to_color(S.last_bloodtype)))
+						return
+					S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state] = max(0, S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state]-BLOOD_LOSS_PER_STEP)
+					var/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/blood/footprints/FP = new /obj/effect/decal/cleanable/blood/footprints(T)
+					FP.blood_state = S.blood_state
+					FP.entered_dirs |= dir
+					FP.bloodiness = S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state]
+					if(S.last_blood_DNA && S.last_bloodtype)
+						FP.blood_DNA += list(S.last_blood_DNA = S.last_bloodtype)
+						//hacky as heck; we need to move the LAST entry to there, otherwise we mix all the blood
+					FP.update_icon()
 					update_inv_shoes()
 				//End bloody footprints
+
 				S.step_action()
 	else
 		if(!buckled)
-
 			if(!lying)
 				if(loc == NewLoc)
 					if(!has_gravity(loc))