diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/subsystems.dm b/code/__DEFINES/subsystems.dm
index 2e06c7645f1..8463e9850d7 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/subsystems.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/subsystems.dm
@@ -67,10 +67,9 @@
 // Subsystems shutdown in the reverse of the order they initialize in
 // The numbers just define the ordering, they are meaningless otherwise.
 #define INIT_ORDER_TITLE 100 // This **MUST** load first or people will se blank lobby screens
-#define INIT_ORDER_SPEECH_CONTROLLER 19
-#define INIT_ORDER_GARBAGE 18
-#define INIT_ORDER_DBCORE 17
-#define INIT_ORDER_BLACKBOX 16
+#define INIT_ORDER_SPEECH_CONTROLLER 18
+#define INIT_ORDER_GARBAGE 17
+#define INIT_ORDER_DBCORE 16
 #define INIT_ORDER_CLEANUP 15
 #define INIT_ORDER_INPUT 14
 #define INIT_ORDER_SOUNDS 13