diff --git a/modular_ss220/emotes/_emotes.dme b/modular_ss220/emotes/_emotes.dme
index 5ae2f2cb5efc..01e9bf3a2a68 100644
--- a/modular_ss220/emotes/_emotes.dme
+++ b/modular_ss220/emotes/_emotes.dme
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
 #include "code/emote_panel.dm"
 #include "code/emote.dm"
 #include "code/emote_verbs.dm"
+#include "code/human_mob.dm"
 #include "code/species.dm"
 #include "code/racial_emotes.dm"
diff --git a/modular_ss220/emotes/code/human_mob.dm b/modular_ss220/emotes/code/human_mob.dm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7f15c8bf057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modular_ss220/emotes/code/human_mob.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/mob/living/carbon/human/set_species(datum/species/new_species, use_default_color = FALSE, delay_icon_update = FALSE, skip_same_check = FALSE, retain_damage = FALSE, transformation = FALSE, keep_missing_bodyparts = FALSE)
+	. = ..()
+	client?.init_verbs()