diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/traits/declarations.dm b/code/__DEFINES/traits/declarations.dm
index 3abc095fa7c..bfec16eb732 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/traits/declarations.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/traits/declarations.dm
@@ -528,6 +528,9 @@ Remember to update _globalvars/traits.dm if you're adding/removing/renaming trai
 /// Makes the user handcuff others faster
 #define TRAIT_FAST_CUFFING "fast_cuffing"
 
+///Given by /obj/item/virgin_mary, mobs that used this can no longer use it again ever
+#define TRAIT_MAFIAINITIATE "mafiainitiate"
+
 ///Makes the player appear as their respective job in Binary Talk rather than being a 'Default Cyborg'.
 #define DISPLAYS_JOB_IN_BINARY "display_job_in_binary"
 
diff --git a/code/_globalvars/traits/_traits.dm b/code/_globalvars/traits/_traits.dm
index dfc2838d6fb..f002703942a 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/traits/_traits.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/traits/_traits.dm
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(traits_by_type, list(
 		"TRAIT_XRAY_HEARING" = TRAIT_XRAY_HEARING,
 		"TRAIT_XRAY_VISION" = TRAIT_XRAY_VISION,
 		"TRAIT_DISCO_DANCER" = TRAIT_DISCO_DANCER,
+		"TRAIT_MAFIAINITIATE" = TRAIT_MAFIAINITIATE,
 	),
 	/obj/item = list(
 		"TRAIT_APC_SHOCKING" = TRAIT_APC_SHOCKING,
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/virgin_mary.dm b/code/game/objects/items/virgin_mary.dm
index a8447e07811..7c3c305858c 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/virgin_mary.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/virgin_mary.dm
@@ -6,42 +6,41 @@
 	resistance_flags = FLAMMABLE
 	///Has this item been used already.
 	var/used_up = FALSE
-	///List of mobs that have already been mobbed.
-	var/static/list/mob_mobs = list()
 
 #define NICKNAME_CAP (MAX_NAME_LEN/2)
-/obj/item/virgin_mary/attackby(obj/item/W, mob/user, params)
+/obj/item/virgin_mary/attackby(obj/item/potential_lighter, mob/living/user, params)
 	. = ..()
 	if(resistance_flags & ON_FIRE)
 		return
-	if(!burn_paper_product_attackby_check(W, user, TRUE))
+	if(!istype(user) || !user.mind) //A sentient mob needs to be burning it, ya cheezit.
 		return
-	if(used_up)
-		return
-	if(!isliving(user) || !user.mind) //A sentient mob needs to be burning it, ya cheezit.
+
+	if(HAS_TRAIT(user, TRAIT_MAFIAINITIATE)) //Only one nickname fuckhead
+		to_chat(user, span_warning("You have already been initiated into the mafioso life."))
 		return
-	var/mob/living/joe = user
 
-	if(joe in mob_mobs) //Only one nickname fuckhead
-		to_chat(joe, span_warning("You have already been initiated into the mafioso life."))
+	if(!burn_paper_product_attackby_check(potential_lighter, user, TRUE))
+		return
+	if(used_up)
 		return
 
-	to_chat(joe, span_notice("As you burn the picture, a nickname comes to mind..."))
-	var/nickname = tgui_input_text(joe, "Pick a nickname", "Mafioso Nicknames", max_length = NICKNAME_CAP)
+	ADD_TRAIT(user, TRAIT_MAFIAINITIATE, TRAIT_GENERIC) // Adding the trait early because you could burn multiple at once for a very long name
+	to_chat(user, span_notice("As you burn the picture, a nickname comes to mind..."))
+	var/nickname = tgui_input_text(user, "Pick a nickname", "Mafioso Nicknames", max_length = NICKNAME_CAP)
 	nickname = reject_bad_name(nickname, allow_numbers = FALSE, max_length = NICKNAME_CAP, ascii_only = TRUE)
 	if(!nickname)
+		REMOVE_TRAIT(user, TRAIT_MAFIAINITIATE, TRAIT_GENERIC)
 		return
 	var/new_name
-	var/space_position = findtext(joe.real_name, " ")
+	var/space_position = findtext(user.real_name, " ")
 	if(space_position)//Can we find a space?
-		new_name = "[copytext(joe.real_name, 1, space_position)] \"[nickname]\" [copytext(joe.real_name, space_position)]"
+		new_name = "[copytext(user.real_name, 1, space_position)] \"[nickname]\" [copytext(user.real_name, space_position)]"
 	else //Append otherwise
-		new_name = "[joe.real_name] \"[nickname]\""
-	joe.real_name = new_name
+		new_name = "[user.real_name] \"[nickname]\""
+	user.real_name = new_name
 	used_up = TRUE
-	mob_mobs += joe
-	joe.say("My soul will burn like this saint if I betray my family. I enter alive and I will have to get out dead.", forced = /obj/item/virgin_mary)
-	to_chat(joe, span_userdanger("Being inducted into the mafia does not grant antagonist status."))
+	user.say("My soul will burn like this saint if I betray my family. I enter alive and I will have to get out dead.", forced = /obj/item/virgin_mary)
+	to_chat(user, span_userdanger("Being inducted into the mafia does not grant antagonist status."))
 
 #undef NICKNAME_CAP