diff --git a/plugins/MinikuraVelocity/src/main/kotlin/cafe/kirameki/minikuraVelocity/Main.kt b/plugins/MinikuraVelocity/src/main/kotlin/cafe/kirameki/minikuraVelocity/Main.kt
index 8183b07..5964fce 100644
--- a/plugins/MinikuraVelocity/src/main/kotlin/cafe/kirameki/minikuraVelocity/Main.kt
+++ b/plugins/MinikuraVelocity/src/main/kotlin/cafe/kirameki/minikuraVelocity/Main.kt
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Main @Inject constructor(private val logger: Logger, private val server: P
         commandManager.register(refreshCommandMeta, refreshCommand)
         commandManager.register(migrateCommandMeta, migrateCommand)
 
-        val connectionHandler = ProxyTransferHandler(servers, logger)
+        val connectionHandler = ProxyTransferHandler(servers, logger, acceptingTransfers)
         server.eventManager.register(this, connectionHandler)
 
         Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor().submit {
diff --git a/plugins/MinikuraVelocity/src/main/kotlin/cafe/kirameki/minikuraVelocity/listeners/ProxyTransferHandler.kt b/plugins/MinikuraVelocity/src/main/kotlin/cafe/kirameki/minikuraVelocity/listeners/ProxyTransferHandler.kt
index 462aead..7c3e177 100644
--- a/plugins/MinikuraVelocity/src/main/kotlin/cafe/kirameki/minikuraVelocity/listeners/ProxyTransferHandler.kt
+++ b/plugins/MinikuraVelocity/src/main/kotlin/cafe/kirameki/minikuraVelocity/listeners/ProxyTransferHandler.kt
@@ -5,19 +5,23 @@ import com.auth0.jwt.JWT
 import com.auth0.jwt.algorithms.Algorithm
 import com.imaginarycode.minecraft.redisbungee.RedisBungeeAPI
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.Subscribe
+import com.velocitypowered.api.event.connection.PreLoginEvent
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.player.CookieReceiveEvent
 import com.velocitypowered.api.event.player.PlayerChooseInitialServerEvent
 import com.velocitypowered.api.proxy.server.RegisteredServer
 import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component
 import org.slf4j.Logger
 import java.util.*
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
 
 class ProxyTransferHandler(
     private val servers: Map<String, RegisteredServer>,
-    private val logger: Logger
+    private val logger: Logger,
+    private val acceptingTransfer: AtomicBoolean
 ) {
     private val cookieFutures = mutableMapOf<String, CompletableFuture<String>>()
     private var jwtSecret = System.getenv("MINIKURA_JWT_SECRET") ?: "secret"
@@ -25,6 +29,13 @@ class ProxyTransferHandler(
     private val jwtVerifier = JWT.require(jwtAlgorithm).withIssuer("minikura").build()
     private val redisBungeeApi = RedisBungeeAPI.getRedisBungeeApi()
 
+    @Subscribe
+    fun onPreLogin(event: PreLoginEvent) {
+        if (!acceptingTransfer.get()) {
+            event.result = PreLoginEvent.PreLoginComponentResult.denied(Component.text("Proxy are currently not accepting new connections."))
+        }
+    }
+
     @Subscribe
     fun onCookieReceiveEvent(event: CookieReceiveEvent) {
         // TODO: Fix don't pass the cookie to backend, it kicks with invalid packet for some reason