diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaServer/ServerSource/Characters/CharacterNetworking.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaServer/ServerSource/Characters/CharacterNetworking.cs
index bc7428d42..9acff9308 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaServer/ServerSource/Characters/CharacterNetworking.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaServer/ServerSource/Characters/CharacterNetworking.cs
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             {
                 var tempBuffer = new ReadWriteMessage();
                 WriteStatus(tempBuffer);
-                if (msg.LengthBytes + tempBuffer.LengthBytes >= 255 && restrictMessageSize)
+                if (msg.LengthBytes + tempBuffer.LengthBytes >= 255 && restrictMessageSize && GameMain.Lua.networking.restrictMessageSize)
                 { 
                     msg.Write(false);
                     DebugConsole.ThrowError($"Error when writing character spawn data: status data caused the length of the message to exceed 255 bytes ({msg.LengthBytes} + {tempBuffer.LengthBytes})");
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Lua/LuaClasses.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Lua/LuaClasses.cs
index 1faef785d..793738bba 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Lua/LuaClasses.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/SharedSource/Lua/LuaClasses.cs
@@ -628,6 +628,8 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 		{
 			public LuaSetup env;
 
+			public bool restrictMessageSize = true;
+
 			public LuaNetworking(LuaSetup e)
 			{
 				env = e;