diff --git a/NewHorizons/Builder/Body/CometTailBuilder.cs b/NewHorizons/Builder/Body/CometTailBuilder.cs
index 9633b316..781c44bc 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Builder/Body/CometTailBuilder.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Builder/Body/CometTailBuilder.cs
@@ -60,14 +60,22 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Builder.Body
             }
         }
 
-        public static void Make(GameObject planetGO, Sector sector, CometTailModule cometTailModule, PlanetConfig config)
+        public static void Make(GameObject planetGO, Sector sector, CometTailModule cometTailModule, PlanetConfig config, AstroObject ao)
         {
-            if (config.Orbit.primaryBody == null)
+            var primaryBody = ao.GetPrimaryBody();
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(config.Orbit.primaryBody)) primaryBody = AstroObjectLocator.GetAstroObject(config.Orbit.primaryBody);
+
+            if (primaryBody == null)
             {
                 NHLogger.LogError($"Comet {planetGO.name} does not orbit anything. That makes no sense");
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(cometTailModule.primaryBody))
+                cometTailModule.primaryBody = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(config.Orbit.primaryBody) ? config.Orbit.primaryBody
+                    : (primaryBody._name == AstroObject.Name.CustomString ? primaryBody.GetCustomName() : primaryBody._name.ToString());
+
             var rootObj = new GameObject("CometRoot");
             rootObj.SetActive(false);
             rootObj.transform.parent = sector?.transform ?? planetGO.transform;
@@ -79,13 +87,11 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Builder.Body
 
             if (cometTailModule.rotationOverride != null) controller.SetRotationOverride(cometTailModule.rotationOverride);
 
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(cometTailModule.primaryBody)) cometTailModule.primaryBody = config.Orbit.primaryBody;
-
             Delay.FireOnNextUpdate(() =>
             {
                 controller.SetPrimaryBody(
-                    AstroObjectLocator.GetAstroObject(cometTailModule.primaryBody).transform, 
-                    AstroObjectLocator.GetAstroObject(config.Orbit.primaryBody).GetAttachedOWRigidbody()
+                    AstroObjectLocator.GetAstroObject(cometTailModule.primaryBody).transform,
+                    primaryBody.GetAttachedOWRigidbody()
                 );
             });
 
diff --git a/NewHorizons/Builder/Body/ProxyBuilder.cs b/NewHorizons/Builder/Body/ProxyBuilder.cs
index 0b4cafc3..943726eb 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Builder/Body/ProxyBuilder.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Builder/Body/ProxyBuilder.cs
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Builder.Body
 
                 if (body.Config.CometTail != null)
                 {
-                    CometTailBuilder.Make(proxy, null, body.Config.CometTail, body.Config);
+                    CometTailBuilder.Make(proxy, null, body.Config.CometTail, body.Config, planetGO.GetComponent<AstroObject>());
                 }
 
                 if (body.Config.Props?.proxyDetails != null)
diff --git a/NewHorizons/Handlers/PlanetCreationHandler.cs b/NewHorizons/Handlers/PlanetCreationHandler.cs
index 858131e9..8b0c01f2 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Handlers/PlanetCreationHandler.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Handlers/PlanetCreationHandler.cs
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Handlers
 
             if (body.Config.CometTail != null)
             {
-                CometTailBuilder.Make(go, sector, body.Config.CometTail, body.Config);
+                CometTailBuilder.Make(go, sector, body.Config.CometTail, body.Config, go.GetComponent<AstroObject>());
             }
 
             if (body.Config.Lava != null)