diff --git a/BSBshared/BotTypes/BasicBot.cs b/BSBshared/BotTypes/BasicBot.cs
index 9440a12..13e70c3 100644
--- a/BSBshared/BotTypes/BasicBot.cs
+++ b/BSBshared/BotTypes/BasicBot.cs
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ namespace BetterSecondBotShared.bottypes
         {
             Start(false);
         }
+        protected virtual void AvoidSim(string simname)
+        {
+        }
+
         public virtual void Start(bool use_home_region_redirect)
         {
             Client = new GridClient();
@@ -243,6 +247,7 @@ namespace BetterSecondBotShared.bottypes
                 string[] nexthome = getNextHomeArgs();
                 if (nexthome.Length == 4) {
                     Info("Recovery login going to "+ nexthome[0]);
+                    AvoidSim(nexthome[0]);
                     Lp.Start = "" + Lp.URI + ":" + String.Join("&", nexthome);
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/Core/bottypes/athome.cs b/Core/bottypes/athome.cs
index 62df63b..a9e3b15 100644
--- a/Core/bottypes/athome.cs
+++ b/Core/bottypes/athome.cs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace BSB.bottypes
 
 
 
-        protected void AvoidSim(string simname)
+        protected override void AvoidSim(string simname)
         {
             if (avoid_sims.ContainsKey(simname) == false)
             {