diff --git a/code/modules/admin/IsBanned.dm b/code/modules/admin/IsBanned.dm
index c045789ef1a..bcc396cea84 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/IsBanned.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/IsBanned.dm
@@ -94,7 +94,24 @@
 				[expires]"}
 				log_suspicious_login("Failed Login: [key] [computer_id] [address] - Banned (#[i["id"]])")
 				return list("reason"="Banned","desc"="[desc]")
+	if (admin)
+		if (GLOB.directory[ckey])
+			return
 
+		//oh boy, so basically, because of a bug in byond, sometimes stickyban matches don't trigger here, so we can't exempt admins.
+		// Whitelisting the ckey with the byond whitelist field doesn't work.
+		// So we instead have to remove every stickyban than later re-add them.
+		if (!length(GLOB.stickybanadminexemptions))
+			for (var/banned_ckey in world.GetConfig("ban"))
+				GLOB.stickybanadmintexts[banned_ckey] = world.GetConfig("ban", banned_ckey)
+				world.SetConfig("ban", banned_ckey, null)
+		if (!SSstickyban.initialized)
+			return
+		GLOB.stickybanadminexemptions[ckey] = world.time
+		stoplag() // sleep a byond tick
+		GLOB.stickbanadminexemptiontimerid = addtimer(CALLBACK(GLOBAL_PROC, /proc/restore_stickybans), 5 SECONDS, TIMER_STOPPABLE|TIMER_UNIQUE|TIMER_OVERRIDE)
+		return
+		
 	var/list/ban = ..() //default pager ban stuff
 
 	if (ban)