diff --git a/src/npc/descriptions/describeScars.js b/src/npc/descriptions/describeScars.js
index 0cbd1b2b8e2048af29e08823cc3891368aeec564..29e032ca2da227d6d775fee0eaff30a92986330d 100644
--- a/src/npc/descriptions/describeScars.js
+++ b/src/npc/descriptions/describeScars.js
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ App.Desc.expandScarString = function(slave, surface) { // scars can sometimes be
 	if (!slave.scar[surface]) {
 		return r;
 	}
-	const {he, his = getPronouns(slave);
+	const {he, his} = getPronouns(slave);
 	const bodypart = Object.keys(slave.scar[surface]);
 	for (const kind of bodypart) {
 		let scar = slave.scar[surface][kind];