diff --git a/code/game/machinery/computer/communications.dm b/code/game/machinery/computer/communications.dm
index adce79343b2..f1b13b65628 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/computer/communications.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/computer/communications.dm
@@ -275,13 +275,15 @@
 
 		if("RestartNanoMob")
 			if(mob_hunt_server)
-				var/loading_msg = pick("Respawning spawns", "Reticulating splines", "Flipping hat",
-									"Capturing all of them", "Fixing minor text issues", "Being the very best",
-									"Nerfing this", "Not communicating with playerbase", "Coding a ripoff in a 2D spaceman game")
-				to_chat(usr, "Restarting Nano-Mob Hunter GO! game server. [loading_msg]...")
-				mob_hunt_server.manual_reboot()
+				if(mob_hunt_server.manual_reboot())
+					var/loading_msg = pick("Respawning spawns", "Reticulating splines", "Flipping hat",
+										"Capturing all of them", "Fixing minor text issues", "Being the very best",
+										"Nerfing this", "Not communicating with playerbase", "Coding a ripoff in a 2D spaceman game")
+					to_chat(usr, "<span class='notice'>Restarting Nano-Mob Hunter GO! game server. [loading_msg]...</span>")
+				else
+					to_chat(usr, "<span class='warning'>Nano-Mob Hunter GO! game server reboot failed due to recent restart. Please wait before re-attempting.</span>")
 			else
-				to_chat(usr, "Nano-Mob Hunter GO! game server is offline for extended maintenance. Contact your Central Command administrators for more info if desired.")
+				to_chat(usr, "<span class='danger'>Nano-Mob Hunter GO! game server is offline for extended maintenance. Contact your Central Command administrators for more info if desired.</span>")
 
 		if("AcceptDocking")
 			to_chat(usr, "Docking request accepted!")
diff --git a/code/modules/arcade/mob_hunt/game_server.dm b/code/modules/arcade/mob_hunt/game_server.dm
index 7058eb5f575..3ad04e5a9f9 100644
--- a/code/modules/arcade/mob_hunt/game_server.dm
+++ b/code/modules/arcade/mob_hunt/game_server.dm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ var/global/datum/controller/process/mob_hunt/mob_hunt_server
 	var/list/trap_spawns = list()
 	var/list/connected_clients = list()
 	var/server_status = 1			//1 is online, 0 is offline
+	var/reset_cooldown = 0			//number of controller cycles before the manual_reboot proc can be used again (ignored if server is offline so you can always boot back up)
 
 /datum/controller/process/mob_hunt/setup()
 	name = "Nano-Mob Hunter GO Server"
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ var/global/datum/controller/process/mob_hunt/mob_hunt_server
 	return ..()
 
 /datum/controller/process/mob_hunt/doWork()
+	if(reset_cooldown)		//if reset_cooldown is set (we are on cooldown, duh), reduce the remaining cooldown every cycle
+		reset_cooldown--
 	if(server_status == 0)
 		return
 	client_mob_update()
@@ -66,11 +69,15 @@ var/global/datum/controller/process/mob_hunt/mob_hunt_server
 		spawn_mob()
 
 /datum/controller/process/mob_hunt/proc/manual_reboot()
+	if(server_status && reset_cooldown)
+		return 0
 	for(var/obj/effect/nanomob/N in trap_spawns)
 		N.despawn()
 	for(var/obj/effect/nanomob/N in normal_spawns)
 		N.despawn()
 	server_status = 1
+	reset_cooldown = 25		//25 controller cycle cooldown for manual restarts
+	return 1
 
 /datum/controller/process/mob_hunt/proc/spawn_mob()
 	var/list/nanomob_types = subtypesof(/datum/mob_hunt)