diff --git a/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm b/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
index e1456176903..8006652139e 100644
--- a/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
+++ b/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 			else
 				nudge_lib = "lib/nudge.so"
 
-			call(nudge_lib, "nudge")("[config.comms_password]","[config.irc_bot_host]","[channel]","[msg]")
+			spawn(0)
+				call(nudge_lib, "nudge")("[config.comms_password]","[config.irc_bot_host]","[channel]","[msg]")
 		else
-			ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[config.comms_password] [config.irc_bot_host] [channel] [msg]")
+			spawn(0)
+				ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[config.comms_password] [config.irc_bot_host] [channel] [msg]")
 	return
 
 /proc/send2mainirc(var/msg)