diff --git a/code/game/atoms.dm b/code/game/atoms.dm
index b5cd140c36..f3c3588c07 100644
--- a/code/game/atoms.dm
+++ b/code/game/atoms.dm
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
 	LAZYINITLIST(blood_DNA["color"])
 	var/old_length = blood_DNA.len
 	blood_DNA |= new_blood_dna
-	blood_DNA["color"] += new_blood_dna["bloodcolor"]
+	blood_DNA["color"] += new_blood_dna["color"]
 	if(blood_DNA.len == old_length)
 		return FALSE
 	return TRUE
@@ -476,8 +476,8 @@
 
 	var/old_length = blood_DNA.len
 	blood_DNA |= blood_dna
-	blood_DNA["color"] += blood_dna["bloodcolor"]
 	if(blood_DNA.len > old_length)
+		blood_DNA["color"] += blood_dna["color"]
 		return TRUE
 		//some new blood DNA was added
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm
index 52027e7494..ec19cec055 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_movement.dm
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 					FP.bloodiness = S.bloody_shoes[S.blood_state]
 					if(S.last_bloodtype)
 						FP.blood_DNA += list(S.last_blood_DNA = S.last_bloodtype)
-						FP.blood_DNA["colors"] += S.last_blood_color
+						FP.blood_DNA["color"] += S.last_blood_color
 					FP.update_icon()
 					update_inv_shoes()
 				//End bloody footprints