diff --git a/bot.js b/bot.js
index 21c2efd..a0a1043 100644
--- a/bot.js
+++ b/bot.js
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ const mineflayer = require('mineflayer')
  */
 async function createBot (server, config, getBots, setNewBot, dcclient, rl) {
   const bot = new EventEmitter()
-  bot.setMaxListeners(Infinity) // is this bad code?
   bot.options = {
     username: !server.kaboom
       ? 'ChomeNS_Bot'
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@ async function createBot (server, config, getBots, setNewBot, dcclient, rl) {
     hideErrors: true
   }
   bot._client = mc.createClient(bot.options)
+  bot.setMaxListeners(Infinity) // is this bad code?
+  bot._client.setMaxListeners(Infinity) // this too
   bot.version = bot._client.version
   bot.write = (name, data) => bot._client.write(name, data)
   bot.end = (reason = 'end', event) => {