diff --git a/src/events/intro/initNationalities.tw b/src/events/intro/initNationalities.tw
index 5d659377a835032a4703837e903e1829c50b9657..594304f73c794d9fc4eaba8cf0b91fd3067e7a9d 100644
--- a/src/events/intro/initNationalities.tw
+++ b/src/events/intro/initNationalities.tw
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 <<elseif $PC.career == "servant">>
 	<<set $trinkets.push("a framed picture of your late Master")>>
 <<elseif $PC.career == "gang">>
-	<<set $trinkets.push("your favorite handgun, whose sight has instilled fear in many")>>
-	<<set $minimumSlaveCost -= 1000>>
+<<set $trinkets.push("your favorite handgun, whose sight has instilled fear in many")>>
+<<set $minimumSlaveCost -= 1000>>
 <</if>>
 
 <<if $PC.rumor == "wealth">>
diff --git a/src/uncategorized/BackwardsCompatibility.tw b/src/uncategorized/BackwardsCompatibility.tw
index b1f1b97b3c1c566b734d39afc658f861a293d4f6..095b476e55f5f0e10f5a0a37a11ea95063993639 100644
--- a/src/uncategorized/BackwardsCompatibility.tw
+++ b/src/uncategorized/BackwardsCompatibility.tw
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@
 <<if ndef $PC.technician>>
 	<<set $PC.technician = 0>>
 <</if>>
+<<if ndef $TechnicianSkillEffect>>
+	<<set $TechnicianSkillEffect = 1>>
+<</if>>
 
 <<if ndef $universalRulesImmobileSlavesMaintainMuscles>>
 	<<set $universalRulesImmobileSlavesMaintainMuscles = 0>>