diff --git a/src/events/join.js b/src/events/join.js
index d0328b1..39d0398 100644
--- a/src/events/join.js
+++ b/src/events/join.js
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ module.exports = (lib) => {
         });
       }
     });
-    lib.bot.names(e.channel.getName(), e.network, (names) => {
-      e.channel.names = names;
-      if(e.channel.names && e.user.nick !== lib.bot.me.nick) {
+    if(e.channel.names && e.user.nick !== lib.bot.me.nick) {
+      lib.bot.names(e.channel.getName(), e.network, (names) => {
+        e.channel.names = names;
         var userCount = Object.keys(e.channel.names).length;
         lib.sql.query('select value from `f0ck`.`vars` where `key` = "highest_user_count" AND `channel` = ? AND `network` = ? limit 1', [e.channel.getName(), e.network], (err, rows) => {
           if(!rows.length) {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = (lib) => {
             e.reply('New user record for ' + e.channel.getName() + ': ' + userCount);
           }
         });
-      }
-    });
+      });
+    }
   });
 };
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