diff --git a/src/backend/backend.cpp b/src/backend/backend.cpp
index 6454cff7..6ce9bd0e 100644
--- a/src/backend/backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/backend.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace big
 		if (old != g.session.spoof_host_token_type)
 			g.session.spoof_host_token_dirty = true;
 		g.session.kick_host_when_forcing_host = true;
+		g.session.exclude_modders_from_kick_host = true; // useful
 
 		constexpr std::array<std::uint32_t, 16> valid_hashes = {1410389794, 967, 1523678325, 472, 0, 0, 1323039495, 0, 0, 1731098795, 2256610353, 17956, 414639110, 307143837, 3443181821, 0};