diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
index db0b2dfa1b16..5614cc266bd8 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 /// station name (the name of the station in-game)
 /datum/config_entry/string/stationname
 
-/datum/config_entry/flag/delay_if_no_admins // APOC EDIT ADD - (delay if no admins)
+/datum/config_entry/number/delay_if_no_admins // APOC EDIT ADD - (delay if no admins)
 
 /// Countdown between lobby and the round starting.
 /datum/config_entry/number/lobby_countdown
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm
index 00a7fd0fccd6..49ee2f93adbb 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/ticker.dm
@@ -153,12 +153,17 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(ticker)
 						++total_admins_ready
 
 			// APOC EDIT ADD START - (delay if no admins)
-			if(CONFIG_GET(flag/delay_if_no_admins))
+			if(CONFIG_GET(number/delay_if_no_admins))
 				if(timeLeft <= 600 && timeLeft > -1)
-					if(length(GLOB.admins) <= 0)
+					var/important_admins_on = 0
+					for(var/client/online_admin as anything in GLOB.admins)
+						if(online_admin.is_afk() || !check_rights_for(online_admin, R_BAN))
+							continue
+						important_admins_on++
+					if(important_admins_on < CONFIG_GET(number/delay_if_no_admins))
 						SetTimeLeft(-1)
 						start_immediately = FALSE
-						to_chat(world, span_infoplain("<b>The game start has been delayed due to no admins connected.</b>"), confidential = TRUE)
+						to_chat(world, span_infoplain("<b>The game start has been delayed due to not enough important admins connected.</b>"), confidential = TRUE)
 						return
 			// APOC EDIT ADD END
 
diff --git a/config/apoc_config.txt b/config/apoc_config.txt
index 1d571a8c4787..a1376cfe28e4 100644
--- a/config/apoc_config.txt
+++ b/config/apoc_config.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ## NICE images for COOL discord users, seperated by commas i.e. BITE_IMG_LIST http://url/image.gif, http://url/image.png
 #BITE_IMG_LIST
 
-## Delay the round from starting if no admins are connected.
-#DELAY_IF_NO_ADMINS
+## Amount of admins required to prevent round delay.
+#DELAY_IF_NO_ADMINS 1