diff --git a/code/modules/asset_cache/assets/spritesheets/chat.dm b/code/modules/asset_cache/assets/spritesheets/chat.dm
index 7f3922e6134..0819da18f62 100644
--- a/code/modules/asset_cache/assets/spritesheets/chat.dm
+++ b/code/modules/asset_cache/assets/spritesheets/chat.dm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /datum/asset/spritesheet_batched/chat
 	name = "chat"
+	load_immediately = TRUE
 
 /datum/asset/spritesheet_batched/chat/create_spritesheets()
 	insert_all_icons("", text_tag_icons, prefix_with_dirs = FALSE) // OOC, LOOC ect icons