diff --git a/QSB/Player/QSBPlayerManager.cs b/QSB/Player/QSBPlayerManager.cs
index cbce232b..6758c8c6 100644
--- a/QSB/Player/QSBPlayerManager.cs
+++ b/QSB/Player/QSBPlayerManager.cs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public static class QSBPlayerManager
 		{
 			if (QSBCore.IsInMultiplayer && QSBCore.IsHost)
 			{
-				foreach (var player in PlayerList.ToList())
+				foreach (var player in PlayerList.Where(x => !x.IsLocalPlayer).ToList())
 				{
 					// if we didn't receive a response in the last loop then we should remove them
 					if (!player.HeartbeatReceived)