diff --git a/src/interaction/sellSlave.js b/src/interaction/sellSlave.js
index 2bd1dda74674d23c0b6d7f63e9126c866453e32c..7efe816ccbdd984a145e42232ad5f8c5cd0ae5aa 100644
--- a/src/interaction/sellSlave.js
+++ b/src/interaction/sellSlave.js
@@ -2886,7 +2886,7 @@ App.Interact.sellSlave = function(slave) {
 						r.push(`With ${slave.slaveName} added to their stable of sex slaves, General ${V.peacekeepers.generalName}'s troops will be fully converted to the idea of aligning with the slaveowning Free Cities, and the general will no longer have to maintain even plausible deniability. <span class="yellow">General ${V.peacekeepers.generalName}'s little empire is now effectively a client state of ${V.arcologies[0].name}.</span>`);
 						V.peacekeepers.attitude = 100;
 					} else {
-						r.push(`General ${V.peacekeepers.generalName}'s little empire continues to be a reliable client state of ${V.arcologies[0].name}, and a good market for ${V.peacekeepers.tastes}.`);
+						r.push(`General ${V.peacekeepers.generalName}'s little empire continues to be a reliable client state of ${V.arcologies[0].name}${V.peacekeepers.tastes !== "" ? `, and a good market for ${V.peacekeepers.tastes}` : ``}.`);
 					}
 					return r;
 				},