diff --git a/Content.Shared/Interaction/InteractionPopupSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/Interaction/InteractionPopupSystem.cs
index d956ff3d95..2a742d4211 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Interaction/InteractionPopupSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Interaction/InteractionPopupSystem.cs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public sealed class InteractionPopupSystem : EntitySystem
                 Spawn(component.InteractFailureSpawn, _transform.GetMapCoordinates(uid));
         }
 
-        if (component.MessagePerceivedByOthers != null)
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(component.MessagePerceivedByOthers))
         {
             var msgOthers = Loc.GetString(component.MessagePerceivedByOthers,
                 ("user", Identity.Entity(user, EntityManager)), ("target", Identity.Entity(uid, EntityManager)));
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public sealed class InteractionPopupSystem : EntitySystem
             return;
         }
 
-        _popupSystem.PopupPredicted(msg, uid, user);
+        _popupSystem.PopupClient(msg, uid, user);
 
         if (sfx == null)
             return;