diff --git a/scripting/stac/stac_mapchange.sp b/scripting/stac/stac_mapchange.sp
index ef14ed5..75dafd2 100755
--- a/scripting/stac/stac_mapchange.sp
+++ b/scripting/stac/stac_mapchange.sp
@@ -181,11 +181,7 @@ void ResetTimers()
             QueryTimer[cl] =
             CreateTimer
             (
-                GetRandomFloat
-                (
-                    stac_min_randomcheck_secs.FloatValue,
-                    stac_max_randomcheck_secs.FloatValue
-                ),
+                float_rand( stac_min_randomcheck_secs.FloatValue, stac_max_randomcheck_secs.FloatValue ),
                 Timer_CheckClientConVars,
                 userid
             );
diff --git a/scripting/stac/stac_stocks.sp b/scripting/stac/stac_stocks.sp
index 1759096..e4710bb 100755
--- a/scripting/stac/stac_stocks.sp
+++ b/scripting/stac/stac_stocks.sp
@@ -706,6 +706,15 @@ public void OnLibraryAdded(const char[] name)
 // otherwise, it's a detection with a number of detections
 void StacNotify(int userid, const char[] prefmtedstring, int detections = 0)
 {
+    // This prevents a strange race condition where StAC seems to explode using ban
+    // systems that don't ban immediately, resulting in a ridiculous amount of discord spam.
+    // I'm still investigating, so this may not fully fix the issue.
+    int cl = GetClientOfUserId(userid);
+    if (userBanQueued[cl])
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     StacLogDemo();
 
     if (!DISCORD)
@@ -746,8 +755,6 @@ void StacNotify(int userid, const char[] prefmtedstring, int detections = 0)
     // this isn't used anywhere we're just using it to copy off of
     json_cleanup_and_delete(spacerField);
 
-    int cl = GetClientOfUserId(userid);
-
     JSON_Object nameField;
     JSON_Object steamIDfield;
     if (userid)