diff --git a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/object/BukkitPlayer.java b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/object/BukkitPlayer.java
index a148b1d2d..a6661c541 100644
--- a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/object/BukkitPlayer.java
+++ b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/object/BukkitPlayer.java
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ public class BukkitPlayer extends PlotPlayer {
 
     @Override
     public void sendMessage(String message) {
-        if (!StringMan.isEqual(this.<String>getMeta("lastMessage"), message)) {
+        if (!StringMan.isEqual(this.<String>getMeta("lastMessage"), message) || (System.currentTimeMillis() - this.<Long>getMeta("lastMessageTime") > 5000)) {
             setMeta("lastMessage", message);
+            setMeta("lastMessageTime", System.currentTimeMillis());
             this.player.sendMessage(message);
         }
     }
diff --git a/Sponge/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/sponge/object/SpongePlayer.java b/Sponge/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/sponge/object/SpongePlayer.java
index 33560973e..9a306993f 100644
--- a/Sponge/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/sponge/object/SpongePlayer.java
+++ b/Sponge/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/sponge/object/SpongePlayer.java
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ public class SpongePlayer extends PlotPlayer {
     
     @Override
     public void sendMessage(String message) {
-        if (!StringMan.isEqual(this.<String>getMeta("lastMessage"), message)) {
+        if (!StringMan.isEqual(this.<String>getMeta("lastMessage"), message) || (System.currentTimeMillis() - this.<Long>getMeta("lastMessageTime") > 5000)) {
             setMeta("lastMessage", message);
+            setMeta("lastMessageTime", System.currentTimeMillis());
             this.player.sendMessage(ChatTypes.CHAT, TextSerializers.LEGACY_FORMATTING_CODE.deserialize(message));
         }
     }