diff --git a/code/modules/events/shuttle_catastrophe.dm b/code/modules/events/shuttle_catastrophe.dm
index d948b39d3bf..5bb61f559e3 100644
--- a/code/modules/events/shuttle_catastrophe.dm
+++ b/code/modules/events/shuttle_catastrophe.dm
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 /datum/round_event_control/shuttle_catastrophe/canSpawnEvent(players, gamemode)
 	if(SSshuttle.emergency.name == "Build your own shuttle kit")
 		return FALSE //don't undo manual player engineering, it also would unload people and ghost them, there's just a lot of problems
+	if(EMERGENCY_AT_LEAST_DOCKED)
+		return FALSE //don't remove all players when its already on station or going to centcom
 	return ..()