diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
index 1b21893807de..db0b2dfa1b16 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 /// station name (the name of the station in-game)
 /datum/config_entry/string/stationname
 
+/datum/config_entry/flag/delay_if_no_admins // APOC EDIT ADD - (delay if no admins)
+
 /// Countdown between lobby and the round starting.
 /datum/config_entry/number/lobby_countdown
 	default = 120
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm
index cecf28d39bde..ca7bdbf5a743 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm
@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(ticker)
 					if(player.client?.holder)
 						++total_admins_ready
 
+			// APOC EDIT ADD START - (delay if no admins)
+			if(CONFIG_GET(flag/delay_if_no_admins))
+				if(timeLeft <= 600 && timeLeft > -1)
+					if(length(GLOB.admins) <= 0)
+						SetTimeLeft(-1)
+						start_immediately = FALSE
+						to_chat(world, span_infoplain("<b>The game start has been delayed due to no admins connected.</b>"), confidential = TRUE)
+						return
+			// APOC EDIT ADD END
+
 			if(start_immediately)
 				timeLeft = 0
 
diff --git a/config/apoc_config.txt b/config/apoc_config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d571a8c4787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/apoc_config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+## NICE images for COOL discord users, seperated by commas i.e. BITE_IMG_LIST http://url/image.gif, http://url/image.png
+#BITE_IMG_LIST
+
+## Delay the round from starting if no admins are connected.
+#DELAY_IF_NO_ADMINS
diff --git a/config/config.txt b/config/config.txt
index 9e037fc0e16c..b245b1408813 100644
--- a/config/config.txt
+++ b/config/config.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ $include map_vote.txt
 ## DARKPACK EDIT ADD START
 $include darkpack_config.txt
 ## DARKPACK EDIT ADD END
+## APOC EDIT ADD START
+$include apoc_config.txt
+## APOC EDIT ADD END
 
 # You can use the @ character at the beginning of a config option to lock it from being edited in-game
 # Example usage: