diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/chat/constants.ts b/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/chat/constants.ts
index a9b1634783af..84c4aa0e1662 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/chat/constants.ts
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/chat/constants.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ export const COMBINE_MAX_TIME_WINDOW = 5000;
 export const IMAGE_RETRY_DELAY = 250;
 export const IMAGE_RETRY_LIMIT = 10;
 export const IMAGE_RETRY_MESSAGE_AGE = 60000;
+export const RENDERER_RELOAD_WAIT = 1000;
+
+// Remove with 516
+export const RENDERER_RELOAD_WAIT_TRIDENT = 2500;
 
 // Default message type
 export const MESSAGE_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 'unknown';
diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/chat/renderer.jsx b/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/chat/renderer.jsx
index 524d68c9061e..cda017adcbab 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/chat/renderer.jsx
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui-panel/chat/renderer.jsx
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import {
   MESSAGE_TYPE_INTERNAL,
   MESSAGE_TYPE_UNKNOWN,
   MESSAGE_TYPES,
+  RENDERER_RELOAD_WAIT,
+  RENDERER_RELOAD_WAIT_TRIDENT,
 } from './constants';
 import { canPageAcceptType, createMessage, isSameMessage } from './model';
 import { highlightNode, linkifyNode } from './replaceInTextNode';
@@ -634,3 +636,12 @@ if (!window.__chatRenderer__) {
 
 /** @type {ChatRenderer} */
 export const chatRenderer = window.__chatRenderer__;
+
+setTimeout(
+  () => {
+    if (!chatRenderer.isReady()) {
+      location.reload();
+    }
+  },
+  Byond.TRIDENT ? RENDERER_RELOAD_WAIT_TRIDENT : RENDERER_RELOAD_WAIT,
+);