diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index 81e129cb7e50..b0915ba4fbde 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -1749,10 +1749,10 @@
 	if(dizziness > 100 && !is_dizzy)
 		INVOKE_ASYNC(src, PROC_REF(dizzy_process))
 
-/proc/setup_human(mob/living/carbon/human/target, mob/new_player/new_player)
+/proc/setup_human(mob/living/carbon/human/target, mob/new_player/new_player, is_late_join = FALSE)
 	new_player.spawning = TRUE
 	new_player.close_spawn_windows()
-	new_player.client.prefs.copy_all_to(target)
+	new_player.client.prefs.copy_all_to(target, new_player.job, is_late_join)
 
 	if(new_player.client.prefs.be_random_body)
 		var/datum/preferences/rand_prefs = new()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
index efa0c68a8b8d..ccf649fb0509 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/new_player/new_player.dm
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
 
 	new_character.lastarea = get_area(loc)
 
-	setup_human(new_character, src)
+	setup_human(new_character, src, is_late_join)
 
 	new_character.client?.change_view(GLOB.world_view_size)