diff --git a/js/sim.js b/js/sim.js
index adb68a1e5..52937fd42 100644
--- a/js/sim.js
+++ b/js/sim.js
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ function Lobby(id, elem) {
// Mute and Ban buttons for auths
var banMuteBuffer = '';
var mygroup = me.users[me.userid].substr(0, 1);
- if ([' ', '!', '#'].indexOf(mygroup) === -1) {
+ if ([' ', '!', '#', '+'].indexOf(mygroup) === -1) {
banMuteBuffer += '
';
if (me.users[userid].substr(0, 1) === '!') {
banMuteBuffer += '';