diff --git a/src/uncategorized/BackwardsCompatibility.tw b/src/uncategorized/BackwardsCompatibility.tw
index 03fa7ecce6926a475cdd05eeb8c760f42c59b36d..6800a834c1010ed423d6c1613904fa5272cbd44e 100644
--- a/src/uncategorized/BackwardsCompatibility.tw
+++ b/src/uncategorized/BackwardsCompatibility.tw
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@
 
 	<<unset $ArcologyNamesGenderRadicalist, $ArcologyNamesGenderFundamentalist, $ArcologyNamesPaternalist, $ArcologyNamesDegradationist, $ArcologyNamesBodyPurist, $ArcologyNamesTransformationFetishist, $ArcologyNamesYouthPreferentialist, $ArcologyNamesMaturityPreferentialist, $ArcologyNamesSlimnessEnthusiast, $ArcologyNamesAssetExpansionist, $ArcologyNamesPastoralist, $ArcologyNamesPhysicalIdealist, $ArcologyNamesChattelReligionist, $ArcologyNamesRomanRevivalist, $ArcologyNamesAztecRevivalist, $ArcologyNamesEgyptianRevivalist, $ArcologyNamesEdoRevivalist, $ArcologyNamesArabianRevivalist, $ArcologyNamesChineseRevivalist>>
 
+/* assistant FS appearance variable */
+<<if ndef $assistantFSAppearance>>
+	<<set $assistantFSAppearance = "default">>
+<</if>>
+<<if ndef $assistantPronouns>>
+	<<set $assistantPronouns = {pronoun: "it", possessivePronoun: "its", possessive: "its", object: "it", objectReflexive: "itself", noun: "program"}>>
+<</if>>
+<<if ndef $marketAssistantPronouns>>
+	<<set $marketAssistantPronouns = {pronoun: "it", possessivePronoun: "its", possessive: "its", object: "it", objectReflexive: "itself", noun: "program"}>>
+<</if>>
+
 	/* pregmod-exclusive variables below */
 	<<unset $veryYoungCareers, $recruiterCareers>>
 	<<unset $northamericaNationalities, $southamericaNationalities, $europeNationalities, $asiaNationalities, $middleeastNationalities, $africaNationalities, $australiaNationalities>>