diff --git a/src/events/nonRandom/mercs/pMercenaryRomeo.js b/src/events/nonRandom/mercs/pMercenaryRomeo.js
index 7c86ca76f23780267ed7aa8ac772faf8eb75ecd9..fbf243f25a31843b29510a8d95bf7b8d049e142c 100644
--- a/src/events/nonRandom/mercs/pMercenaryRomeo.js
+++ b/src/events/nonRandom/mercs/pMercenaryRomeo.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ App.Events.PMercenaryRomeo = class PMercenaryRomeo extends App.Events.BaseEvent
 	}
 
 	execute(node) {
+		V.mercRomeo = 1;
 		let r = [];
 		V.nextButton = "Continue";
 		/** @type {FC.Zeroable<string>} */