diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/GameServer.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/GameServer.cs
index d95c18533..3d8252623 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/GameServer.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/GameServer.cs
@@ -872,11 +872,10 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Networking
             else
             {                
                 //if 30 seconds have passed since the round started and the client isn't ingame yet,
-                //kill the client's character
+                //consider the client's character disconnected (causing it to die if the client does not join soon)
                 if (gameStarted && c.Character != null && (DateTime.Now - roundStartTime).Seconds > 30.0f)
                 {
-                    c.Character.Kill(CauseOfDeath.Disconnected);
-                    c.Character = null;
+                    c.Character.ClientDisconnected = true;
                 }
 
                 ClientWriteLobby(c);
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/RespawnManager.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/RespawnManager.cs
index f5a526544..227e86c83 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/RespawnManager.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/RespawnManager.cs
@@ -519,6 +519,8 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Networking
                 {
 #endif
                     clients[i].Character = character;
+                    character.OwnerClientIP = clients[i].Connection.RemoteEndPoint.Address.ToString();
+                    character.OwnerClientName = clients[i].Name;
                     GameServer.Log(string.Format("Respawning {0} ({1}) as {2}", clients[i].Name, clients[i].Connection?.RemoteEndPoint?.Address, characterInfos[i].Job.Name), ServerLog.MessageType.Spawning);
 
 #if CLIENT