diff --git a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
index c92d11925cd..528527c15ba 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@
 	// Added the new browser window method
 	var/datum/browser/popup = new(src, "latechoices", "Choose Profession", 900, 600)
 	popup.add_stylesheet("playeroptions", 'html/browser/playeroptions.css')
+	popup.add_script("delay_interactivity", 'html/browser/delay_interactivity.js')
 	popup.set_content(dat)
 	popup.open(0) // 0 is passed to open so that it doesn't use the onclose() proc
 
diff --git a/html/browser/delay_interactivity.js b/html/browser/delay_interactivity.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f621906337b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/browser/delay_interactivity.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Disables all links for one second after the browser window opens.
+
+(function(){
+  // If there's already an onload, let's not clobber it
+  var oldonload = window.onload;
+  window.onload = function(){
+    if(typeof oldonload == 'function'){
+      oldonload();
+    }
+    var onclicks = Array();
+    var links = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
+    var returnfalse = function(){return false;};
+    for(var i = 0; i < links.length; i++){
+      onclicks.push(links[i].onclick);
+      links[i].onclick = returnfalse;
+    }
+    setTimeout(function(){
+      for(var i = 0; i < links.length; i++){
+        // Reset onclick, but only if something else hasn't already changed it
+        if(links[i].onclick == returnfalse){
+          links[i].onclick = onclicks[i];
+        }
+      }
+    }, 1000);
+  };
+})();