diff --git a/src/data/pokemon-species.ts b/src/data/pokemon-species.ts
index 31c74956a2a..4d63568a0d7 100644
--- a/src/data/pokemon-species.ts
+++ b/src/data/pokemon-species.ts
@@ -53,15 +53,34 @@ export function getPokemonSpeciesForm(species: Species, formIndex: integer): Pok
 export function getFusedSpeciesName(speciesA: PokemonSpecies, speciesB: PokemonSpecies): string {
   let firstKey = "fusionPrefix";
   let secondKey = "fusionSuffix";
+
+  const shouldReverse = i18next.t("fusionAffixes:shouldReverse");
+  console.log(`shouldReverse: ${shouldReverse}`); // logs the value of shouldReverse
+
   if (i18next.t("fusionAffixes:shouldReverse") === "true") {
+
     firstKey = "fusionSuffix";
     secondKey = "fusionPrefix";
+
+    console.log(`firstKey: ${firstKey}, secondKey: ${secondKey}`); // logs the values of firstKey and secondKey
   }
 
-  const prefix = i18next.t(`fusionAffixes:${Species[speciesA.speciesId].toLowerCase()}.${firstKey}`);
-  const suffix = i18next.t(`fusionAffixes:${Species[speciesB.speciesId].toLowerCase()}.${secondKey}`);
+  const radKey = i18next.t(`fusionAffixes:${Species[speciesA.speciesId].toLowerCase()}.${firstKey}`);
+  const desKey = i18next.t(`fusionAffixes:${Species[speciesB.speciesId].toLowerCase()}.${secondKey}`);
 
-  return `${prefix}${suffix}`;
+  let prefix = radKey;
+  let suffix = desKey;
+
+  if (i18next.t("fusionAffixes:shouldReverse") === "true") {
+    prefix = desKey;
+    suffix = radKey;
+  }
+
+  console.log(`prefix: ${prefix}, suffix: ${suffix}`); // logs the values of prefix and suffix
+
+  const fusedName =`${prefix}${suffix}`;
+
+  return fusedName;
 }
 
 export type PokemonSpeciesFilter = (species: PokemonSpecies) => boolean;
diff --git a/src/interfaces/locales.ts b/src/interfaces/locales.ts
index 9d2d87ca848..f349c928464 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/locales.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/locales.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export interface SimpleTranslationEntries {
   }
 
 export interface FusionTranslationEntries {
-  shouldReverse: string,
+  shouldReverse?: string,
   [key: string]: FusionTranslationEntry | string,
   }