diff --git a/code/modules/client/client_procs.dm b/code/modules/client/client_procs.dm
index 20b4440b97..637c3e2bec 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/client_procs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/client_procs.dm
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
 			to_chat(src, "<span class='danger'>Your previous action was ignored because you've done too many in a second</span>")
 			return
 
-	//Logs all hrefs
-	WRITE_FILE(GLOB.world_href_log, "<small>[time_stamp(show_ds = TRUE)] [src] (usr:[usr])</small> || [hsrc ? "[hsrc] " : ""][href]<br>")
-
+	//Logs all hrefs, except chat pings
+	if(!(href_list["_src_"] == "chat" && href_list["proc"] == "ping" && LAZYLEN(href_list) == 2))
+		WRITE_FILE(GLOB.world_href_log, "<small>[time_stamp(show_ds = TRUE)] [src] (usr:[usr])</small> || [hsrc ? "[hsrc] " : ""][href]<br>")
 	// Admin PM
 	if(href_list["priv_msg"])
 		cmd_admin_pm(href_list["priv_msg"],null)
diff --git a/code/modules/client/client_procs.dm.rej b/code/modules/client/client_procs.dm.rej
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b656938c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/modules/client/client_procs.dm.rej
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff a/code/modules/client/client_procs.dm b/code/modules/client/client_procs.dm	(rejected hunks)
+@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
+ 			return
+ 
+ 	//Logs all hrefs, except chat pings
+-	if(href_list["proc"] != "ping")
++	if(!(href_list["_src_"] == "chat" && href_list["proc"] == "ping" && LAZYLEN(href_list) == 2))
+ 		WRITE_FILE(GLOB.world_href_log, "<small>[time_stamp(show_ds = TRUE)] [src] (usr:[usr])</small> || [hsrc ? "[hsrc] " : ""][href]<br>")
+ 
+ 	// Admin PM