We’ve heard of software bugs, but this is ridiculous.

Over the weekend, a campus-wide email went out to Google employees working in New York, advising them to steer clear of its office in Chelsea due to a bed bug invasion, Wired reports.

The notice was sent out Sunday after exterminators using a bed bug-sniffing K9 found “credible evidence of their presence,” at Google’s Chelsea campus. The office reopened on Monday, and the company’s other three Manhattan offices are also being investigated, according to Wired.

Scent dogs have long been used by exterminators and even New York authorities to suss out infestations, though their reliability has been called into question. One study found they have a mean detection rate of just 44 percent, meaning false-positives could definitely factor in

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