diff --git a/code/modules/research/nanites/nanite_cloud_controller.dm b/code/modules/research/nanites/nanite_cloud_controller.dm
index ca86ce3b9bda4..391f416b36cc7 100644
--- a/code/modules/research/nanites/nanite_cloud_controller.dm
+++ b/code/modules/research/nanites/nanite_cloud_controller.dm
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 	icon_state = "nanite_cloud_controller"
 	circuit = /obj/item/circuitboard/computer/nanite_cloud_controller
 
-
+	//these muthafuckas arent supposed to smooth
+	base_icon_state = null
+	smoothing_flags = null
+	smoothing_groups = null
+	canSmoothWith = null
 
 	var/obj/item/disk/nanite_program/disk
 	var/list/datum/nanite_cloud_backup/cloud_backups = list()