diff --git a/Content.Shared/Humanoid/NamingSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/Humanoid/NamingSystem.cs
index f3af6b5aa1..eecc192d48 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Humanoid/NamingSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Humanoid/NamingSystem.cs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Humanoid
 
         public string GetLastName(SpeciesPrototype speciesProto)
         {
-            return Loc.GetString(_random.Pick(_prototypeManager.Index<LocalizedDatasetPrototype>(speciesProto.LastNames).Values));
+            return _random.Pick(_prototypeManager.Index<LocalizedDatasetPrototype>(speciesProto.LastNames));
         }
     }
 }