diff --git a/code/_onclick/hud/radial.dm b/code/_onclick/hud/radial.dm
index 7a03b7df5de..a5d854e3c26 100644
--- a/code/_onclick/hud/radial.dm
+++ b/code/_onclick/hud/radial.dm
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(radial_menus)
 
+/obj/screen/radial/Destroy()
+	parent = null
+	return ..()
+
 /obj/screen/radial
 	icon = 'icons/screen/radial.dmi'
 	layer = HUD_ABOVE_ITEM_LAYER
@@ -290,6 +294,8 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(radial_menus)
 /datum/radial_menu/Destroy()
 	Reset()
 	hide()
+	QDEL_NULL_LIST(elements)
+	QDEL_NULL(close_button)
 	QDEL_NULL(custom_check_callback)
 	return ..()
 
diff --git a/code/modules/multiz/structures.dm b/code/modules/multiz/structures.dm
index c8860c6cd4f..7ee1675f3d3 100644
--- a/code/modules/multiz/structures.dm
+++ b/code/modules/multiz/structures.dm
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 	var/climb_time = 2 SECONDS
 	var/static/list/climbsounds = list('sound/effects/ladder.ogg','sound/effects/ladder2.ogg','sound/effects/ladder3.ogg','sound/effects/ladder4.ogg')
 
+	var/static/radial_ladder_down = image(icon = 'icons/screen/radial.dmi', icon_state = "radial_ladder_down")
+	var/static/radial_ladder_up = image(icon = 'icons/screen/radial.dmi', icon_state = "radial_ladder_up")
+
+	var/static/list/radial_options = list("up" = radial_ladder_up, "down" = radial_ladder_down)
+
 /obj/structure/ladder/handle_default_wrench_attackby()
 	var/last_anchored = anchored
 	. = ..()
@@ -186,7 +191,7 @@
 	if(!target_up && !target_down)
 		to_chat(M, SPAN_WARNING("\The [src] does not seem to lead anywhere."))
 	else if(target_down && target_up)
-		var/direction = input(M,"Do you want to go up or down?", "Up or down the ladder?") as null|anything in list("up", "down")
+		var/direction = show_radial_menu(M, src,  radial_options, require_near = !(isEye(M) || isobserver(M)))
 		if(!direction)
 			return
 		if(!M.may_climb_ladders(src))
diff --git a/icons/screen/radial.dmi b/icons/screen/radial.dmi
index d2d032fbbb4..dc99c4688de 100644
Binary files a/icons/screen/radial.dmi and b/icons/screen/radial.dmi differ