diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/massmodvar.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/massmodvar.dm
index 0e54d1d2cb2..804b783592b 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/massmodvar.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/massmodvar.dm
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 	if (locked.Find(variable) && !(src.holder.rank in list("Game Master", "Game Admin")))
 		return
 
+	if (variable == "holder" && !holder.rank == "Game Master") //Hotfix, a bit ugly but that exploit has been there for ages and now somebody just had to go and tell everyone of it bluh bluh - U
+		return
+
 	if(isnull(var_value))
 		usr << "Unable to determine variable type."
 
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/modifyvariables.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/modifyvariables.dm
index d9b972fb6e4..1cea74adbc1 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/modifyvariables.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/modifyvariables.dm
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@
 	if (locked.Find(variable) && !(src.holder.rank in list("Game Master", "Game Admin")))
 		return
 
+	if (variable == "holder" && !holder.rank == "Game Master") //Hotfix, a bit ugly but that exploit has been there for ages and now somebody just had to go and tell everyone of it bluh bluh - U
+		return
+
 	if(isnull(var_value))
 		usr << "Unable to determine variable type."