diff --git a/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/GameRules/SecretStartsTest.cs b/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/GameRules/SecretStartsTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a5ff23fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/GameRules/SecretStartsTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Content.Server.GameTicking;
+using Content.Server.GameTicking.Rules;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Robust.Shared.GameObjects;
+using Robust.Shared.Prototypes;
+
+namespace Content.IntegrationTests.Tests.GameRules;
+
+[TestFixture]
+public sealed class SecretStartsTest
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Tests that when secret is started, all of the game rules it successfully adds are also started.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Test]
+    public async Task TestSecretStarts()
+    {
+        await using var pairTracker = await PoolManager.GetServerClient(new PoolSettings()
+        {
+            NoClient = true,
+            Dirty = true,
+        });
+
+        var server = pairTracker.Pair.Server;
+        await server.WaitIdleAsync();
+        var protoMan = server.ResolveDependency<IPrototypeManager>();
+        var gameTicker = server.ResolveDependency<IEntitySystemManager>().GetEntitySystem<GameTicker>();
+
+        await server.WaitAssertion(() =>
+        {
+            gameTicker.StartGameRule(protoMan.Index<GameRulePrototype>("Secret"));
+        });
+
+        // Wait three ticks for any random update loops that might happen
+        await server.WaitRunTicks(3);
+
+        await server.WaitAssertion(() =>
+        {
+            foreach (var rule in gameTicker.AddedGameRules)
+            {
+                Assert.That(gameTicker.StartedGameRules.Contains(rule));
+            }
+
+            // End all rules
+            gameTicker.ClearGameRules();
+        });
+
+        await pairTracker.CleanReturnAsync();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/GameRules/StartEndGameRulesTest.cs b/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/GameRules/StartEndGameRulesTest.cs
index f1a61a9e45..90164e4dbe 100644
--- a/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/GameRules/StartEndGameRulesTest.cs
+++ b/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/GameRules/StartEndGameRulesTest.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public sealed class StartEndGameRulesTest
             }
 
             Assert.That(gameTicker.AddedGameRules, Has.Count.EqualTo(rules.Count));
+            Assert.That(gameTicker.AddedGameRules, Has.Count.EqualTo(gameTicker.StartedGameRules.Count));
         });
 
         // Wait three ticks for any random update loops that might happen
diff --git a/Content.Server/GameTicking/Rules/SecretRuleSystem.cs b/Content.Server/GameTicking/Rules/SecretRuleSystem.cs
index d8e2a3830f..783897aac2 100644
--- a/Content.Server/GameTicking/Rules/SecretRuleSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/GameTicking/Rules/SecretRuleSystem.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public sealed class SecretRuleSystem : GameRuleSystem
 
         foreach (var rule in _prototypeManager.Index<GamePresetPrototype>(preset).Rules)
         {
-            _ticker.AddGameRule(_prototypeManager.Index<GameRulePrototype>(rule));
+            _ticker.StartGameRule(_prototypeManager.Index<GameRulePrototype>(rule));
         }
     }
 }