diff --git a/Content.Server/GameTicking/GameTicker.Spawning.cs b/Content.Server/GameTicking/GameTicker.Spawning.cs
index 2d63666adf..e30feadb55 100644
--- a/Content.Server/GameTicking/GameTicker.Spawning.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/GameTicking/GameTicker.Spawning.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using Content.Server.Ghost;
 using Content.Server.Ghost.Components;
+using Content.Shared.IdentityManagement;
 using Content.Server.Players;
 using Content.Server.Spawners.Components;
 using Content.Server.Speech.Components;
@@ -183,16 +184,6 @@ namespace Content.Server.GameTicking
 
             _playTimeTrackings.PlayerRolesChanged(player);
 
-            if (lateJoin)
-            {
-                _chatSystem.DispatchStationAnnouncement(station,
-                    Loc.GetString(
-                        "latejoin-arrival-announcement",
-                    ("character", character.Name),
-                    ("job", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(job.Name))
-                    ), Loc.GetString("latejoin-arrival-sender"),
-                    playDefaultSound: false);
-            }
 
             var mobMaybe = _stationSpawning.SpawnPlayerCharacterOnStation(station, job, character);
             DebugTools.AssertNotNull(mobMaybe);
@@ -200,6 +191,17 @@ namespace Content.Server.GameTicking
 
             newMind.TransferTo(mob);
 
+            if (lateJoin)
+            {
+                _chatSystem.DispatchStationAnnouncement(station,
+                    Loc.GetString(
+                        "latejoin-arrival-announcement",
+                    ("character", Identity.Entity(mob, EntityManager)),
+                    ("job", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ToTitleCase(job.Name))
+                    ), Loc.GetString("latejoin-arrival-sender"),
+                    playDefaultSound: false);
+            }
+
             if (player.UserId == new Guid("{e887eb93-f503-4b65-95b6-2f282c014192}"))
             {
                 EntityManager.AddComponent<OwOAccentComponent>(mob);