diff --git a/src/sbbs3/xtrn_sec.cpp b/src/sbbs3/xtrn_sec.cpp
index b8372cf647ef2376c6f7a50c68f028ff8012bd90..6193671a659e978bdcdca550e6544f19dabed36f 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/xtrn_sec.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/xtrn_sec.cpp
@@ -1735,6 +1735,8 @@ bool sbbs_t::exec_xtrn(uint xtrnnum)
 	thisnode.aux=0;
 	putnodedat(cfg.node_num,&thisnode);
 
+	lncntr=1;	/* force a pause before CLS */
+
 	return(true);
 }