diff --git a/src/client/component/scripting.cpp b/src/client/component/scripting.cpp
index e9945e3d..ed04e863 100644
--- a/src/client/component/scripting.cpp
+++ b/src/client/component/scripting.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "game/scripting/event.hpp"
 #include "game/scripting/functions.hpp"
+#include "game/scripting/execution.hpp"
 #include "game/scripting/lua/engine.hpp"
 
 #include <utils/hook.hpp>
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@ namespace scripting
 	{
 		utils::hook::detour vm_notify_hook;
 
-		utils::hook::detour scr_load_level_hook;
 		utils::hook::detour g_shutdown_game_hook;
+		utils::hook::detour player_spawn_hook;
 
 		utils::hook::detour scr_add_class_field_hook;
 
@@ -53,22 +54,16 @@ namespace scripting
 			vm_notify_hook.invoke<void>(notify_list_owner_id, string_value, top);
 		}
 
-		void scr_load_level_stub()
+		void player_spawn_stub(const game::gentity_s* player)
 		{
-			scr_load_level_hook.invoke<void>();
 			command::execute("reloadmenus");
+			player_spawn_hook.invoke<void>(player);
 			lua::engine::start();
 		}
 
 		void g_shutdown_game_stub(const int free_scripts)
 		{
 			lua::engine::stop();
-
-			if (!free_scripts)
-			{
-				lua::engine::start();
-			}
-
 			g_shutdown_game_hook.invoke<void>(free_scripts);
 		}
 	
@@ -101,7 +96,6 @@ namespace scripting
 		{
 			const auto function_name = scripting::find_token(threadName);
 			script_function_table[current_file][function_name] = codePos;
-
 			scr_set_thread_position_hook.invoke<void>(threadName, codePos);
 		}
 	}
@@ -113,8 +107,8 @@ namespace scripting
 		{
 			vm_notify_hook.create(game::base_address + 0x5CC450, vm_notify_stub);
 
-			scr_load_level_hook.create(game::base_address + 0x4C7EB0, scr_load_level_stub);
 			g_shutdown_game_hook.create(game::base_address + 0x4CBAD0, g_shutdown_game_stub);
+			player_spawn_hook.create(game::base_address + 0x4B0710, player_spawn_stub);
 
 			scr_add_class_field_hook.create(game::base_address + 0x5C2C30, scr_add_class_field_stub);
 			scr_set_thread_position_hook.create(game::base_address + 0x5BC7E0, scr_set_thread_position_stub);
diff --git a/src/client/game/scripting/lua/context.cpp b/src/client/game/scripting/lua/context.cpp
index c3badd6c..88f4c214 100644
--- a/src/client/game/scripting/lua/context.cpp
+++ b/src/client/game/scripting/lua/context.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ namespace scripting::lua
 		void setup_entity_type(sol::state& state, event_handler& handler, scheduler& scheduler)
 		{
 			state["level"] = entity{*game::levelEntityId};
+			state["player"] = call("getentbynum", {0}).as<entity>();
 
 			state["io"]["fileexists"] = utils::io::file_exists;
 			state["io"]["writefile"] = utils::io::write_file;