diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/battle/Battle.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/battle/Battle.kt
index 449fd4843a..fb1bed444d 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/battle/Battle.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/battle/Battle.kt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Battle(val gameInfo:GameInfo=UnCivGame.Current.gameInfo) {
                 }
             }
 
-            if(enemy.getCivilization() == enemy.getCivilization().gameInfo.getBarbarianCivilization())
+            if(enemy.getCivilization().isBarbarianCivilization())
                 modifiers["vs Barbarians"] = 0.33f
 
             if(combatant.getCivilization().happiness<0)
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ class Battle(val gameInfo:GameInfo=UnCivGame.Current.gameInfo) {
     }
 
     fun captureCivilianUnit(attacker: ICombatant, defender: ICombatant){
+        if(attacker.getCivilization().isBarbarianCivilization()) defender.takeDamage(100) // barbarians don't capture civilians!
         val capturedUnit = (defender as MapUnitCombatant).unit
         capturedUnit.civInfo = attacker.getCivilization()
         capturedUnit.owner = capturedUnit.civInfo.civName
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/civilization/CivilizationInfo.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/civilization/CivilizationInfo.kt
index 7608850efc..c18ef55551 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/civilization/CivilizationInfo.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/civilization/CivilizationInfo.kt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class CivilizationInfo {
     fun getCapital()=cities.first { it.isCapital() }
 
     fun isPlayerCivilization() =  gameInfo.getPlayerCivilization()==this
+    fun isBarbarianCivilization() =  gameInfo.getBarbarianCivilization()==this
 
 
     // negative gold hurts science
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/VictoryScreen.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/VictoryScreen.kt
index b2f29e0bbc..e2b50efbec 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/VictoryScreen.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/VictoryScreen.kt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class VictoryScreen : PickerScreen() {
         val t=Table()
         t.defaults().pad(5f)
         for (civ in civInfo.gameInfo.civilizations){
-            if(civ.isPlayerCivilization() || civ == civInfo.gameInfo.getBarbarianCivilization()) continue
+            if(civ.isPlayerCivilization() || civ.isBarbarianCivilization()) continue
             t.add(getMilestone("Destroy "+civ.civName, civ.isDefeated())).row()
         }
         return t