diff --git a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm
index f5101803e95..592902b5ee9 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
+++ b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@
 		src.authed = FALSE
 		var/mob/abstract/unauthed/m = new()
 		m.client = src
+		src.InitPrefs() //Init some default prefs
 		return m
 		//Do auth shit
 	else
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/abstract/unauthed/login.dm b/code/modules/mob/abstract/unauthed/login.dm
index e58f93797b6..49bf88f2312 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/abstract/unauthed/login.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/abstract/unauthed/login.dm
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	show_browser(src, null, "window=auth;")
 	client.verbs += typesof(/client/verb) // Let's return regular client verbs
 	client.authed = TRUE // We declare client as authed now
+	client.prefs = null //Null them so we can load them from the db again for the correct ckey
 	// Check for bans
 	var/list/ban_data = world.IsBanned(ckey(newkey), c.address, c.computer_id, 1, TRUE)
 	if(ban_data)