diff --git a/src/controllers/api/missionInventoryUpdateController.ts b/src/controllers/api/missionInventoryUpdateController.ts
index 153ebcee..e6a48e70 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/missionInventoryUpdateController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/missionInventoryUpdateController.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ import { addMissionInventoryUpdates, addMissionRewards } from "@/src/services/mi
 import { getInventory } from "@/src/services/inventoryService";
 import { getInventoryResponse } from "@/src/controllers/api/inventoryController";
 import { logger } from "@/src/utils/logger";
-import { IMissionInventoryUpdateResponse } from "@/src/types/missionTypes";
+import {
+    IMissionInventoryUpdateResponse,
+    IMissionInventoryUpdateResponseBackToDryDock,
+    IMissionInventoryUpdateResponseRailjackInterstitial
+} from "@/src/types/missionTypes";
 import { sendWsBroadcastTo } from "@/src/services/wsService";
 import { generateRewardSeed } from "@/src/services/rngService";
 
@@ -95,17 +99,9 @@ export const missionInventoryUpdateController: RequestHandler = async (req, res)
         inventory.RewardSeed = generateRewardSeed();
     }
     await inventory.save();
-    const inventoryResponse = await getInventoryResponse(inventory, true, account.BuildLabel);
 
     //TODO: figure out when to send inventory. it is needed for many cases.
-    if (missionReport.RJ) {
-        logger.debug(`railjack interstitial request, sending only deltas`, {
-            InventoryChanges: inventoryChanges,
-            AffiliationMods
-        });
-    }
-    res.json({
-        InventoryJson: missionReport.RJ ? undefined : JSON.stringify(inventoryResponse),
+    const deltas: IMissionInventoryUpdateResponseRailjackInterstitial = {
         InventoryChanges: inventoryChanges,
         MissionRewards,
         ...credits,
@@ -114,7 +110,25 @@ export const missionInventoryUpdateController: RequestHandler = async (req, res)
         SyndicateXPItemReward,
         AffiliationMods,
         ConquestCompletedMissionsCount
-    } satisfies IMissionInventoryUpdateResponse);
+    };
+    if (missionReport.RJ) {
+        logger.debug(`railjack interstitial request, sending only deltas`, deltas);
+        res.json(deltas);
+    } else if (missionReport.RewardInfo) {
+        logger.debug(`classic mission completion, sending everything`);
+        const inventoryResponse = await getInventoryResponse(inventory, true, account.BuildLabel);
+        res.json({
+            InventoryJson: JSON.stringify(inventoryResponse),
+            ...deltas
+        } satisfies IMissionInventoryUpdateResponse);
+    } else {
+        logger.debug(`no reward info, assuming this wasn't a mission completion and we should just sync inventory`);
+        const inventoryResponse = await getInventoryResponse(inventory, true, account.BuildLabel);
+        res.json({
+            InventoryJson: JSON.stringify(inventoryResponse)
+        } satisfies IMissionInventoryUpdateResponseBackToDryDock);
+    }
+
     sendWsBroadcastTo(account._id.toString(), { update_inventory: true });
 };
 
diff --git a/src/types/missionTypes.ts b/src/types/missionTypes.ts
index 04317c3a..3da1fa70 100644
--- a/src/types/missionTypes.ts
+++ b/src/types/missionTypes.ts
@@ -23,12 +23,19 @@ export interface IMissionCredits {
     DailyMissionBonus?: boolean;
 }
 
-export interface IMissionInventoryUpdateResponse extends Partial<IMissionCredits> {
+export interface IMissionInventoryUpdateResponseRailjackInterstitial extends Partial<IMissionCredits> {
     ConquestCompletedMissionsCount?: number;
-    InventoryJson?: string;
     MissionRewards?: IMissionReward[];
     InventoryChanges?: IInventoryChanges;
     FusionPoints?: number;
     SyndicateXPItemReward?: number;
     AffiliationMods?: IAffiliationMods[];
 }
+
+export interface IMissionInventoryUpdateResponse extends IMissionInventoryUpdateResponseRailjackInterstitial {
+    InventoryJson?: string;
+}
+
+export interface IMissionInventoryUpdateResponseBackToDryDock {
+    InventoryJson: string;
+}