diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Api/Models/Internal/ChatBot.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Api/Models/Internal/ChatBot.cs
index cf6ba561aa..9dd6b9e873 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Api/Models/Internal/ChatBot.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Api/Models/Internal/ChatBot.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
-using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
 
 namespace Tgstation.Server.Api.Models.Internal
 {
@@ -26,10 +25,9 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Api.Models.Internal
 		public bool? Enabled { get; set; }
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// The time interval in minutes the chat bot attempts to reconnect if <see cref="Enabled"/> and disconnected.
+		/// The time interval in minutes the chat bot attempts to reconnect if <see cref="Enabled"/> and disconnected. Must not be zero.
 		/// </summary>
 		[Required]
-		[NotMapped]
 		public uint? ReconnectionInterval { get; set; }
 
 		/// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Api/Rights/ChatBotRights.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Api/Rights/ChatBotRights.cs
index 11572bb0b1..7dcc43270e 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Api/Rights/ChatBotRights.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Api/Rights/ChatBotRights.cs
@@ -57,5 +57,10 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Api.Rights
 		/// User can change <see cref="Models.Internal.ChatBot.Name"/>
 		/// </summary>
 		WriteName = 256,
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// User can change <see cref="Models.Internal.ChatBot.ReconnectionInterval"/>
+		/// </summary>
+		WriteReconnectionInterval = 512,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Controllers/ChatController.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Controllers/ChatController.cs
index 7346a52af3..b141f12161 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Controllers/ChatController.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Controllers/ChatController.cs
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Controllers
 					return BadRequest(new ErrorMessage { Message = "Invalid provider!" });
 			}
 
+			if (model.ReconnectionInterval == 0)
+				return BadRequest(new ErrorMessage { Message = "ReconnectionInterval must not be zero!" });
+
 			if (!model.ValidateProviderChannelTypes())
 				return BadRequest(new ErrorMessage { Message = "One or more of channels aren't formatted correctly for the given provider!" });
 
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Controllers
 				Channels = model.Channels?.Select(x => ConvertApiChatChannel(x)).ToList() ?? new List<Models.ChatChannel>(), // important that this isn't null
 				InstanceId = Instance.Id,
 				Provider = model.Provider,
+				ReconnectionInterval = model.ReconnectionInterval
 			};
 
 			DatabaseContext.ChatBots.Add(dbModel);
@@ -219,12 +223,18 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Controllers
 		[TgsAuthorize(ChatBotRights.WriteChannels | ChatBotRights.WriteConnectionString | ChatBotRights.WriteEnabled | ChatBotRights.WriteName | ChatBotRights.WriteProvider)]
 		[ProducesResponseType(200)]
 		[ProducesResponseType(typeof(Api.Models.ChatBot), 200)]
-		#pragma warning disable CA1506 // TODO: Decomplexify
+		#pragma warning disable CA1502 // TODO: Decomplexify
+		#pragma warning disable CA1506
 		public async Task<IActionResult> Update([FromBody] Api.Models.ChatBot model, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+		#pragma warning restore CA1502
+		#pragma warning restore CA1506
 		{
 			if (model == null)
 				throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(model));
 
+			if (model.ReconnectionInterval == 0)
+				return BadRequest(new ErrorMessage { Message = "ReconnectionInterval must not be zero!" });
+
 			if (model.Provider.HasValue && !model.ValidateProviderChannelTypes())
 				return BadRequest(new ErrorMessage { Message = "One or more of channels aren't formatted correctly for the given provider!" });
 
@@ -261,6 +271,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Controllers
 				|| CheckModified(x => x.Enabled, ChatBotRights.WriteEnabled)
 				|| CheckModified(x => x.Name, ChatBotRights.WriteName)
 				|| CheckModified(x => x.Provider, ChatBotRights.WriteProvider)
+				|| CheckModified(x => x.ReconnectionInterval, ChatBotRights.WriteReconnectionInterval)
 				|| (model.Channels != null && !userRights.HasFlag(ChatBotRights.WriteChannels)))
 				return Forbid();
 
@@ -297,6 +308,5 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Controllers
 
 			return Ok();
 		}
-		#pragma warning restore CA1506
 	}
 }