diff --git a/src/endWeek/economics/arcmgmt.js b/src/endWeek/economics/arcmgmt.js
index 727ea293a566113efe2454e091f4e018aed9f595..6c3f01bc5f9bf3394914b27db991056b08299133 100644
--- a/src/endWeek/economics/arcmgmt.js
+++ b/src/endWeek/economics/arcmgmt.js
@@ -763,18 +763,14 @@ globalThis.arcmgmt = function() {
 		V.citizenRetirementTrigger = 2;
 		r.push(`You have enacted citizen retirement, the slaves of eligible age are granted freedom.`);
 		if (_menialsRetirement > 1) {
-			r.push(`<span class="red">`);
-			_menialsRetirement;
-			r.push(` of your menial slaves</span> were retired.`);
+			r.push(`<span class="red">${_menialsRetirement} of your menial slaves</span> were retired.`);
 		} else if (_menialsRetirements > 0) {
 			r.push(`<span class="red">One of your menial slaves</span> was retired.`);
 		}
 		if (_ASlavesRetirement > 1) {
-			r.push(`<span class="red">`);
-			_ASlavesRetirement;
-			r.push(` slaves</span> in your arcology were given a citizen retirement.`);
+			r.push(`<span class="red">${_ASlavesRetirement} slaves</span> in your arcology were given a citizen retirement.`);
 		}
-		r.push(` /*I could bother with a single slave retirement message, but that's never going to get used*/`);
+		/*I could bother with a single slave retirement message, but that's never going to get used*/
 	}
 
 	/* Slave expiration*/