diff --git a/code/modules/mob/dead/new_player/new_player.dm b/code/modules/mob/dead/new_player/new_player.dm
index 4019f7f293..f4cd5e0cfa 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/dead/new_player/new_player.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/dead/new_player/new_player.dm
@@ -165,12 +165,14 @@
 		var/months_in_eighteen_years = 18 * 12
 
 		var/month_difference = current_total_months - player_total_months
+		message_admins("one: [month_difference] two: [months_in_eighteen_years]")
 		if(month_difference > months_in_eighteen_years)
 			age_gate_result = TRUE // they're fine
 		else
 			if(month_difference < months_in_eighteen_years)
 				age_gate_result = FALSE
 			else
+				message_admins("broken")
 				//they could be 17 or 18 depending on the /day/ they were born in
 				var/current_day = text2num(time2text(current_time, "DD"))
 				var/days_in_months = list(31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31)
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@
 				var/list/days
 				for(var/number in 1 to total_days_in_player_month)
 					days += number
-				var/player_day = input(src, "What day of the month were you born in.", 1) in days
+				var/player_day = input(src, "What day of the month were you born in.") as anything in days
 				if(player_day <= current_day)
 					//their birthday has not passed
 					age_gate_result = FALSE