diff --git a/src/npc/descriptions/descriptionWidgets.js b/src/npc/descriptions/descriptionWidgets.js
index 6073a266a249c40f5eb1a585a0e367fdddc2e9b2..87fb4e935c4a645ca2d8f6a8fb70434248e8d5a1 100644
--- a/src/npc/descriptions/descriptionWidgets.js
+++ b/src/npc/descriptions/descriptionWidgets.js
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ App.Desc.geneticQuirkAssessment = function(slave) {
 		if (slave.geneticQuirks.neoteny === 1 && V.geneticMappingUpgrade >= 2) {
 			r.push(`${He} is a carrier of traits that will can result in neotenous development if expressed.`);
 		}
-		if (slave.geneticQuirks.heterochromia === 2) {
+		if (typeof slave.geneticQuirks.heterochromia === "string") {
 			r.push(`${He} carries a gene that allows ${his} eyes to be two different colors.`);
 		} else if (slave.geneticQuirks.heterochromia === 1 && V.geneticMappingUpgrade >= 2) {
 			r.push(`${He} is a carrier of the heterochromia gene.`);