diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/city/CityInfo.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/city/CityInfo.kt
index d848057113..4d091ab05d 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/city/CityInfo.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/city/CityInfo.kt
@@ -332,12 +332,12 @@ class CityInfo {
         expansion.nextTurn(stats.culture)
         if (isBeingRazed) {
             population.population--
-            if (population.population <= 0) { // there are strange cases where we geet to -1
+            if (population.population <= 0) { // there are strange cases where we get to -1
                 civInfo.addNotification("[$name] has been razed to the ground!", location, Color.RED)
                 destroyCity()
-            } else {//if not razed yet:
-                if (population.foodStored >= population.getFoodToNextPopulation()) {//if surplus in the granary...
-                    population.foodStored = population.getFoodToNextPopulation() - 1//...reduce below the new growth treshold
+            } else { //if not razed yet:
+                if (population.foodStored >= population.getFoodToNextPopulation()) { //if surplus in the granary...
+                    population.foodStored = population.getFoodToNextPopulation() - 1 //...reduce below the new growth threshold
                 }
             }
         } else population.nextTurn(foodForNextTurn())
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/city/PopulationManager.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/city/PopulationManager.kt
index b6ec88cfee..c69757e998 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/city/PopulationManager.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/city/PopulationManager.kt
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ class PopulationManager {
                 cityInfo.workedTiles = cityInfo.workedTiles.withoutItem(tile.position)
         }
 
+        // unassign specialists that cannot be (e.g. the city was captured and one of the specialist buildings was destroyed)
+        val maxSpecialists = getMaxSpecialists().toHashMap()
+        val specialistsHashmap = specialists.toHashMap()
+        for(entry in maxSpecialists)
+            if(specialistsHashmap[entry.key]!! > entry.value)
+                specialists.add(entry.key,maxSpecialists[entry.key]!! - specialistsHashmap[entry.key]!!)
+
         while (getFreePopulation()<0) {
             //evaluate tiles
             val worstWorkedTile: TileInfo? = if(cityInfo.workedTiles.isEmpty()) null
@@ -148,12 +155,6 @@ class PopulationManager {
             }
         }
 
-        // unassign specialists that cannot be (e.g. the city was captured and one of the specialist buildings was destroyed)
-        val maxSpecialists = getMaxSpecialists().toHashMap()
-        val specialistsHashmap = specialists.toHashMap()
-        for(entry in maxSpecialists)
-            if(specialistsHashmap[entry.key]!! > entry.value)
-                specialists.add(entry.key,specialistsHashmap[entry.key]!! - maxSpecialists[entry.key]!!)
     }
 
     fun getMaxSpecialists(): Stats {