diff --git a/src/channel/forceLoad.ts b/src/channel/forceload.ts
similarity index 78%
rename from src/channel/forceLoad.ts
rename to src/channel/forceload.ts
index 9c497dd..acd651f 100644
--- a/src/channel/forceLoad.ts
+++ b/src/channel/forceload.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@ const logger = new Logger("Channel Forceloader");
  */
 export function forceloadChannel(id: string) {
     try {
-        logger.info("Forceloading", id);
-        new Channel(id, undefined, undefined, undefined, true);
-        return true;
+        const existing = ChannelList.getChannel(id);
+        if (existing) {
+            logger.info("Keeping", id, "forceloaded");
+            existing.setForceload(true);
+        } else {
+            logger.info("Forceloading", id);
+            new Channel(id, undefined, undefined, undefined, true);
+            return true;
+        }
     } catch (err) {
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 697065c..06246b5 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 // If you don't load the server first, bun will literally segfault
 import "./ws/server";
-import { loadForcedStartupChannels } from "./channel/forceLoad";
+import { loadForcedStartupChannels } from "./channel/forceload";
 import { Logger } from "./util/Logger";
 // docker hates this next one
 import { startReadline } from "./util/readline";