diff --git a/src/personalAssistant/assistantOptions.tw b/src/personalAssistant/assistantOptions.tw
index 37216b469fe3dbf4d25624eebc6591e0d32c5dcf..fc02666420d4fd50d25f9b894763793342bd95be 100644
--- a/src/personalAssistant/assistantOptions.tw
+++ b/src/personalAssistant/assistantOptions.tw
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ Seated at your desk, you glance at the visual representation of
  <</if>>
 
  /* Choose _hisA FS appearance */
- <<if def ($assistant.fsOptions) && $assistant.appearance != "normal">>
+ <<if (def $assistant.fsOptions) && $assistant.appearance != "normal">>
 		<h3>Society-specific setting:</h3>
 		_HeA can further refine _hisA avatar to match the arcology's social profile<<if $assistant.fsAppearance != "default">>; _hisA current variation shows ''$assistant.fsAppearance'' touches.<<else>>, though no details stand out right now.<</if>>
 		<br>
diff --git a/src/uncategorized/nonRandomEvent.tw b/src/uncategorized/nonRandomEvent.tw
index ccfae469ccc4a226a0f82b2d2dc1f916232310c8..fa2d5da47731c7e54c8158f556862400b43c8aac 100644
--- a/src/uncategorized/nonRandomEvent.tw
+++ b/src/uncategorized/nonRandomEvent.tw
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 	<<goto "P peacekeepers intro">>
 <<elseif ($arcologies[0].prosperity > 80) && ($TSS.schoolPresent+$GRI.schoolPresent+$SCP.schoolPresent+$LDE.schoolPresent+$TGA.schoolPresent+$HA.schoolPresent+$TFS.schoolPresent+$TCR.schoolPresent+$NUL.schoolPresent == 0) && ($schoolSuggestion == 0)>>
 	<<goto "P school suggestion">>
-<<elseif def $assistant.fsOptions && $assistant.personality > 0 && $assistant.appearance != "normal" && FutureSocieties.HighestDecoration() >= 40>>
+<<elseif (def $assistant.fsOptions) && $assistant.personality > 0 && $assistant.appearance != "normal" && FutureSocieties.HighestDecoration() >= 40>>
 	<<set $Event = "assistant FS">>
 	<<goto "Assistant Events">>
 <<elseif $assistant.personality > 0 && !$assistant.announcedName && $assistant.power > 0>>