diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/clock_cult/clock_mobs/_eminence.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/clock_cult/clock_mobs/_eminence.dm
index baf149093c..a82624beda 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/clock_cult/clock_mobs/_eminence.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/clock_cult/clock_mobs/_eminence.dm
@@ -42,15 +42,13 @@
 /mob/camera/eminence/Login()
 	..()
 	var/datum/antagonist/clockcult/C = mind.has_antag_datum(/datum/antagonist/clockcult,TRUE)
-	if(!C)
-		add_servant_of_ratvar(src, TRUE)
-		C = mind.has_antag_datum(/datum/antagonist/clockcult,TRUE)
-		if(C && C.clock_team)
-			if(C.clock_team.eminence)
-				remove_servant_of_ratvar(src,TRUE)
-				qdel(src)
-			else
-				C.clock_team.eminence = src
+	if(C && C.clock_team)
+		if(C.clock_team.eminence && C.clock_team.eminence != src)
+			remove_servant_of_ratvar(src,TRUE)
+			qdel(src)
+			return
+		else
+			C.clock_team.eminence = src
 	to_chat(src, "<span class='bold large_brass'>You have been selected as the Eminence!</span>")
 	to_chat(src, "<span class='brass'>As the Eminence, you lead the servants. Anything you say will be heard by the entire cult.</span>")
 	to_chat(src, "<span class='brass'>Though you can move through walls, you're also incorporeal, and largely can't interact with the world except for a few ways.</span>")