diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration.dm b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
index c1a0f83a87..6039dd6612 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ var/list/gamemode_cache = list()
 	var/allow_extra_antags = 0
 	var/guests_allowed = 1
 	var/debugparanoid = 0
+	var/panic_bunker = 0
 
 	var/serverurl
 	var/server
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm b/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm
index 91fff2c4c2..a4a2197288 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/admin_verbs.dm
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ var/list/admin_verbs_server = list(
 	/client/proc/check_customitem_activity,
 	/client/proc/nanomapgen_DumpImage,
 	/client/proc/modify_server_news,
-	/client/proc/recipe_dump
+	/client/proc/recipe_dump,
+	/client/proc/panicbunker
 	)
 var/list/admin_verbs_debug = list(
 	/client/proc/getruntimelog,                     //allows us to access runtime logs to somebody,
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/panicbunker.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/panicbunker.dm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac31c26071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/panicbunker.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/client/proc/panicbunker()
+	set category = "Server"
+	set name = "Toggle Panic Bunker"
+	if (!config.sql_enabled)
+		to_chat(usr, "<span class='adminnotice'>The Database is not enabled!</span>")
+		return
+
+	config.panic_bunker = (!config.panic_bunker)
+
+	log_admin("[key_name(usr)] has toggled the Panic Bunker, it is now [(config.panic_bunker?"on":"off")]")
+	message_admins("[key_name_admin(usr)] has toggled the Panic Bunker, it is now [(config.panic_bunker?"enabled":"disabled")].")
+	if (config.panic_bunker && (!dbcon || !dbcon.IsConnected()))
+		message_admins("The Database is not connected! Panic bunker will not work until the connection is reestablished.")
+	feedback_add_details("admin_verb","PANIC") //If you are copy-pasting this, ensure the 2nd parameter is unique to the new proc!
+
diff --git a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm
index 90ecb8eb17..212e7a49e8 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
+++ b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
@@ -251,6 +251,14 @@
 	var/sql_computerid = sql_sanitize_text(src.computer_id)
 	var/sql_admin_rank = sql_sanitize_text(admin_rank)
 
+	//Panic bunker code
+	if (isnum(player_age) && player_age == 0) //first connection
+		if (config.panic_bunker && !holder && !deadmin_holder)
+			log_access("Failed Login: [key] - New account attempting to connect during panic bunker")
+			message_admins("<span class='adminnotice'>Failed Login: [key] - New account attempting to connect during panic bunker</span>")
+			to_chat(src, "Sorry but the server is currently not accepting connections from never before seen players.")
+			qdel(src)
+			return 0
 
 	if(sql_id)
 		//Player already identified previously, we need to just update the 'lastseen', 'ip' and 'computer_id' variables
@@ -266,7 +274,6 @@
 	var/DBQuery/query_accesslog = dbcon.NewQuery("INSERT INTO `erro_connection_log`(`id`,`datetime`,`serverip`,`ckey`,`ip`,`computerid`) VALUES(null,Now(),'[serverip]','[sql_ckey]','[sql_ip]','[sql_computerid]');")
 	query_accesslog.Execute()
 
-
 #undef TOPIC_SPAM_DELAY
 #undef UPLOAD_LIMIT
 #undef MIN_CLIENT_VERSION
diff --git a/polaris.dme b/polaris.dme
index 1f6c125707..71d44b8da6 100644
--- a/polaris.dme
+++ b/polaris.dme
@@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@
 #include "code\modules\admin\verbs\mapping.dm"
 #include "code\modules\admin\verbs\massmodvar.dm"
 #include "code\modules\admin\verbs\modifyvariables.dm"
+#include "code\modules\admin\verbs\panicbunker.dm"
 #include "code\modules\admin\verbs\playsound.dm"
 #include "code\modules\admin\verbs\possess.dm"
 #include "code\modules\admin\verbs\pray.dm"