diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/say.dm
index 77ce3fc18f..785d55e5f4 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/say.dm
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 		var/mob/living/silicon/S = src
 		desig = trim_left(S.designation + " " + S.job)
 	var/message_a = say_quote(message, get_spans())
-	var/rendered = "<span class='binarysay'>Robotic Talk, <span class='name'>[name]</span> <span class='message'>[message_a]</span></span>"
+	var/rendered = "Robotic Talk, <span class='name'>[name]</span> <span class='message'>[message_a]</span>"
 	for(var/mob/M in GLOB.player_list)
 		if(M.binarycheck())
 			if(isAI(M))
 				var/renderedAI = "<span class='binarysay'>Robotic Talk, <a href='?src=[REF(M)];track=[html_encode(name)]'><span class='name'>[name] ([desig])</span></a> <span class='message'>[message_a]</span></span>"
 				to_chat(M, renderedAI)
 			else
-				to_chat(M, rendered)
+				to_chat(M, "<span class='binarysay'>[rendered]</span>")
 		if(isobserver(M))
 			var/following = src
 			// If the AI talks on binary chat, we still want to follow
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 				var/mob/living/silicon/ai/ai = src
 				following = ai.eyeobj
 			var/link = FOLLOW_LINK(M, following)
-			to_chat(M, "[link] [rendered]")
+			to_chat(M, "<span class='binarysay'>[link] [rendered]</span>")
 
 /mob/living/silicon/binarycheck()
 	return 1