diff --git a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm
index 7382f33ffe..90c891ae24 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
+++ b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@
 	var/DBQuery/query = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT id, datediff(Now(),firstseen) as age FROM erro_player WHERE ckey = '[sql_ckey]'")
 	query.Execute()
 	var/sql_id = 0
+	player_age = 0	// New players won't have an entry so knowing we have a connection we set this to zero to be updated if their is a record.
 	while(query.NextRow())
 		sql_id = query.item[1]
 		player_age = text2num(query.item[2])