diff --git a/modules/wolfgame.py b/modules/wolfgame.py
index 4ec5d6c..1bcb713 100644
--- a/modules/wolfgame.py
+++ b/modules/wolfgame.py
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ var.illegal_joins = defaultdict(int)
 
 var.LOGGER = WolfgameLogger(var.LOG_FILENAME, var.BARE_LOG_FILENAME)
 
+var.JOINED_THIS_GAME = [] # keeps track of who already joined this game at least once (cloaks)
+
 if botconfig.DEBUG_MODE:
     var.NIGHT_TIME_LIMIT = 0  # 90
     var.NIGHT_TIME_WARN = 0
@@ -178,6 +180,8 @@ def reset(cli):
 
     var.ROLES = {"person" : []}
 
+    var.JOINED_THIS_GAME = []
+
     reset_settings()
 
     dict.clear(var.LAST_SAID_TIME)
@@ -414,7 +418,14 @@ def join(cli, nick, chann_, rest):
         cli.mode(chan, "+v", nick)
         var.ROLES["person"].append(nick)
         cli.msg(chan, '\u0002{0}\u0002 has joined the game and raised the number of players to \u0002{1}\u0002.'.format(nick, len(pl) + 1))
-        
+        if not cloak in var.JOINED_THIS_GAME:
+            # make sure this only happens one
+            var.JOINED_THIS_GAME.append(cloak)
+            now = datetime.now()
+            # make sure there's at least var.WAIT_AFTER_JOIN seconds of wait time left, if not add them
+            if now + timedelta(seconds=var.WAIT_AFTER_JOIN) > var.CAN_START_TIME:
+                var.CAN_START_TIME = now + timedelta(seconds=var.WAIT_AFTER_JOIN)
+
         var.LAST_STATS = None # reset
 
 
diff --git a/settings/wolfgame.py b/settings/wolfgame.py
index 830aa3c..52666b6 100644
--- a/settings/wolfgame.py
+++ b/settings/wolfgame.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ PING_WAIT = 300  # Seconds
 PING_MIN_WAIT = 30 # How long !start has to wait after a !ping
 MINIMUM_WAIT = 60
 EXTRA_WAIT = 20
+WAIT_AFTER_JOIN = 10 # Wait at least this many seconds after the last join
 MAXIMUM_WAITED = 3  # limit for amount of !wait's
 STATS_RATE_LIMIT = 60
 VOTES_RATE_LIMIT = 60