diff --git a/Content.Server/Ghost/GhostCommand.cs b/Content.Server/Ghost/GhostCommand.cs
index a2f361d29d..26163f6d4d 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Ghost/GhostCommand.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Ghost/GhostCommand.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 using Content.Server.Popups;
 using Content.Shared.Administration;
+using Content.Shared.GameTicking;
 using Content.Shared.Mind;
 using Robust.Shared.Console;
+using Content.Server.GameTicking;
 
 namespace Content.Server.Ghost
 {
@@ -23,6 +25,14 @@ namespace Content.Server.Ghost
                 return;
             }
 
+            var gameTicker = _entities.System<GameTicker>();
+            if (!gameTicker.PlayerGameStatuses.TryGetValue(player.UserId, out var playerStatus) ||
+                playerStatus is not PlayerGameStatus.JoinedGame)
+            {
+                shell.WriteLine("ghost-command-error-lobby");
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (player.AttachedEntity is { Valid: true } frozen &&
                 _entities.HasComponent<AdminFrozenComponent>(frozen))
             {
diff --git a/Resources/Locale/en-US/chat/commands/ghost-command.ftl b/Resources/Locale/en-US/chat/commands/ghost-command.ftl
index 08e78d34ce..53dfa478d6 100644
--- a/Resources/Locale/en-US/chat/commands/ghost-command.ftl
+++ b/Resources/Locale/en-US/chat/commands/ghost-command.ftl
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ ghost-command-help-text = The ghost command turns you into a ghost and makes the
                           Please note that you cannot return to your character's body after ghosting.
 ghost-command-no-session = You have no session, you can't ghost.
 ghost-command-denied = You cannot ghost right now.
+ghost-command-error-lobby = You can't ghost right now. You are not in the game!