diff --git a/RaceTimer/scripting/unloze_racetimer_redux.sp b/RaceTimer/scripting/unloze_racetimer_redux.sp
index 51461c2d..1ee5d98a 100644
--- a/RaceTimer/scripting/unloze_racetimer_redux.sp
+++ b/RaceTimer/scripting/unloze_racetimer_redux.sp
@@ -754,17 +754,46 @@ public void FinishedStageRaceZone(int client)
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 public void mysql_get_player_time(int client, int stage)
 {
-	char query[g_dLength];
-	char steam_auth[g_dIndex];
-	GetClientAuthId(client, AuthId_Steam2, steam_auth, sizeof(steam_auth));
-	if (!stage)
-		Format(query, sizeof(query), "SELECT `%s` FROM `zetimer_table_new` where steam_auth = '%s'", g_cMapname, steam_auth);
-	else
-		Format(query, sizeof(query), "SELECT `%sS%i` FROM `zetimer_table_new` where steam_auth = '%s'", g_cMapname, stage, steam_auth);
-	DataPack hDataPack = new DataPack();
-	hDataPack.WriteCell(GetClientSerial(client));
+    char query[g_dLength];
+    char steam_auth[g_dIndex];
+    GetClientAuthId(client, AuthId_Steam2, steam_auth, sizeof(steam_auth));
+    if (!stage)
+    {
+        Format(query, sizeof(query), "SELECT `%s` FROM `zetimer_table_new` where steam_auth = '%s'", g_cMapname, steam_auth);
+        DataPack hDataPack = new DataPack();
+        hDataPack.WriteCell(GetClientSerial(client));
+        g_dDatabase.Query(SQL_OnQueryCompleted_retry, query, hDataPack);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        Format(query, sizeof(query), "SELECT `%sS%i` FROM `zetimer_table_new` where steam_auth = '%s'", g_cMapname, stage, steam_auth);
+        DataPack hDataPack = new DataPack();
+        hDataPack.WriteCell(GetClientSerial(client));
         hDataPack.WriteString(query);
-	g_dDatabase.Query(SQL_OnQueryCompleted, query, hDataPack);
+        g_dDatabase.Query(SQL_OnQueryCompleted, query, hDataPack);
+    }
+}
+
+//we only enter here when stage is 0. that might however be incorrect as it instead might need to be S1. Simply a band aid instead of fixing actual problem.
+public void SQL_OnQueryCompleted_retry(Database db, DBResultSet results, const char[] error, DataPack data)
+{
+    ResetPack(data);
+    int client_serial = data.ReadCell();
+    delete data;
+    if (!db)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+    int client; 
+    if ((client = GetClientFromSerial(client_serial)) == 0)
+        return;
+    if (strlen(error))
+    {
+        mysql_get_player_time(client, 1);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (results.RowCount && results.FetchRow())
+        results.FetchString(0, g_csTime_record[client], sizeof(g_csTime_record[]));
 }
 
 public void SQL_OnQueryCompleted(Database db, DBResultSet results, const char[] error, DataPack data)