diff --git a/monkestation/code/game/machinery/cloning.dm b/monkestation/code/game/machinery/cloning.dm
index b1e36308e4a7..d194835204ed 100644
--- a/monkestation/code/game/machinery/cloning.dm
+++ b/monkestation/code/game/machinery/cloning.dm
@@ -385,6 +385,9 @@
 
 	if(!mob_occupant)
 		return
+		
+	exp_clone_check(mob_occupant)
+	
 	current_insurance = null
 	REMOVE_TRAIT(mob_occupant, TRAIT_STABLEHEART, CLONING_POD_TRAIT)
 	REMOVE_TRAIT(mob_occupant, TRAIT_STABLELIVER, CLONING_POD_TRAIT)
@@ -412,6 +415,9 @@
 	unattached_flesh.Cut()
 
 	occupant = null
+	
+/obj/machinery/clonepod/proc/exp_clone_check(mob_occupant)
+	return
 
 /obj/machinery/clonepod/proc/malfunction()
 	var/mob/living/mob_occupant = occupant
diff --git a/monkestation/code/game/machinery/exp_cloner.dm b/monkestation/code/game/machinery/exp_cloner.dm
index 3c49c3caf090..f16bb07afbbc 100644
--- a/monkestation/code/game/machinery/exp_cloner.dm
+++ b/monkestation/code/game/machinery/exp_cloner.dm
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
 	attempting = FALSE
 	return CLONING_SUCCESS //so that we don't spam clones with autoprocess unless we leave a body in the scanner
 
+/obj/machinery/clonepod/experimental/exp_clone_check(mob/living/carbon/human/mob_occupant)
+	if(!mob_occupant?.mind) //When experimental cloner fails to get a ghost, it won't spit out a body, so we don't get an army of brainless rejects.
+		qdel(mob_occupant)
 
 /obj/machinery/clonepod/experimental/proc/get_clone_preview(datum/dna/clone_dna)
 	RETURN_TYPE(/image)