diff --git a/Content.IntegrationTests/PoolManager.cs b/Content.IntegrationTests/PoolManager.cs
index 72d21649b4..85ba0df328 100644
--- a/Content.IntegrationTests/PoolManager.cs
+++ b/Content.IntegrationTests/PoolManager.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public static class PoolManager
         (CCVars.VelocityConstraintMinimumThreads.Name, "1", true),
         (CCVars.VelocityConstraintsPerThread.Name, "999", true),
         (CCVars.ThreadParallelCount.Name, "1", true),
+        (CCVars.GameRoleTimers.Name, "false", false),
     };
 
     private static int PairId = 0;
diff --git a/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs b/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
index cab642274a..523f5164ba 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/CCVar/CCVars.cs
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ namespace Content.Shared.CCVar
         /// If roles should be restricted based on time.
         /// </summary>
         public static readonly CVarDef<bool>
-            GameRoleTimers = CVarDef.Create("game.role_timers", false, CVar.SERVER | CVar.REPLICATED);
+            GameRoleTimers = CVarDef.Create("game.role_timers", true, CVar.SERVER | CVar.REPLICATED);
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Whether a random position offset will be applied to the station on roundstart.