diff --git a/Content.Server/_DV/Objectives/Systems/PickRandomTraitorSystem.cs b/Content.Server/_DV/Objectives/Systems/PickRandomTraitorSystem.cs
index 02aea779a6..fd0ce41d3b 100644
--- a/Content.Server/_DV/Objectives/Systems/PickRandomTraitorSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/_DV/Objectives/Systems/PickRandomTraitorSystem.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public sealed class PickRandomTraitorSystem : EntitySystem
     private void OnRandomTraitorAssigned(Entity<PickRandomTraitorComponent> ent, ref ObjectiveAssignedEvent args)
     {
         _pickTarget.AssignRandomTarget(ent, ref args, mindId =>
-            _role.MindHasRole<TraitorRoleComponent>(mindId));
+            _role.MindHasRole<TraitorRoleComponent>(mindId),
+            fallbackToAny: false); // bruh
     }
 }
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/_DV/Objectives/traitor.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/_DV/Objectives/traitor.yml
index bddc0fc3fe..a8b1d47795 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/_DV/Objectives/traitor.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/_DV/Objectives/traitor.yml
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
   - type: PickRandomTraitor
     minContracts: 1
   - type: CodeCondition
+  - type: SocialObjective # actually need this
   - type: AssistRandomContract
     blacklist:
       components: