diff --git a/source/src/clientgame.cpp b/source/src/clientgame.cpp
index f0408f8c..c0962793 100644
--- a/source/src/clientgame.cpp
+++ b/source/src/clientgame.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@ void changeteam(int team, bool respawn) // force team and respawn
     c2sinit = false;
     if(m_flags) tryflagdrop(false);
     filtertext(player1->team, team_string(team), false, MAXTEAMLEN);
-    if(respawn) addmsg(SV_CHANGETEAM, "r");
+    if(respawn)
+    {
+        addmsg(SV_CHANGETEAM, "r");
+        player1->lastteamchange = lastmillis;
+    }
 }
 
 void newteam(char *name)
@@ -420,17 +424,18 @@ bool tryrespawn()
         }
 
         int respawnmillis = player1->respawnoffset+(m_arena ? 0 : (m_flags ? 5000 : 2000));
-
+        if(player1->lastteamchange) respawnmillis = player1->lastteamchange + 1500;
         if(lastmillis>respawnmillis)
         {
             player1->attacking = false;
-            if(m_arena) { hudoutf("waiting for new round to start..."); return false; }
+            player1->lastteamchange = 0;
+            if(m_arena) { hudoutf2("waiting for new round to start..."); return false; }
             respawnself();
 		    player1->weaponswitch(player1->primweap);
             player1->lastaction -= weapon::weaponchangetime/2;
             return true;
         }
-        else hudoutf("wait %3.1f seconds to respawn", (respawnmillis-lastmillis)/(float)1000);
+        else hudoutf2("wait %3.1f seconds to respawn", (respawnmillis-lastmillis)/(float)1000);
     }
     return false;
 }
diff --git a/source/src/entity.h b/source/src/entity.h
index f62a90f9..6ae9a619 100644
--- a/source/src/entity.h
+++ b/source/src/entity.h
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ struct playerent : dynent, playerstate
     int skin, nextskin; // skin after respawning
     int spectatemode, followplayercn;
     int eardamagemillis;
-    int respawnoffset;
+    int respawnoffset, lastteamchange;
     virtual float dyneyeheight() { return (state==CS_DEAD || state==CS_SPECTATE) && spectatemode==SM_FLY ? 1.0f : physent::dyneyeheight(); }
     bool allowmove() { return state!=CS_DEAD || spectatemode==SM_FLY; }
 
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ struct playerent : dynent, playerstate
     int smoothmillis;
 
     playerent() : clientnum(-1), lastupdate(0), plag(0), ping(0), lifesequence(0), frags(0), flagscore(0), deaths(0), lastpain(0), lastvoicecom(0), clientrole(CR_DEFAULT),
-                  skin(0), nextskin(0), spectatemode(SM_NONE), followplayercn(-1), eardamagemillis(0), respawnoffset(0),
+                  skin(0), nextskin(0), spectatemode(SM_NONE), followplayercn(-1), eardamagemillis(0), respawnoffset(0), lastteamchange(0),
                   prevweaponsel(NULL), weaponsel(NULL), nextweaponsel(NULL), primweap(NULL), nextprimweap(NULL), lastattackweapon(NULL),
                   smoothmillis(-1)
     {
diff --git a/source/src/protos.h b/source/src/protos.h
index a9d74857..88206bb8 100644
--- a/source/src/protos.h
+++ b/source/src/protos.h
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ extern void pruneundos(int maxremain = 0);
 extern void gl_drawhud(int w, int h, int curfps, int nquads, int curvert, bool underwater);
 extern void loadingscreen(const char *fmt = NULL, ...);
 extern void hudoutf(const char *s, ...);
+extern void hudoutf2(const char *s, ...);
 extern void show_out_of_renderloop_progress(float bar1, const char *text1, float bar2 = 0, const char *text2 = NULL);
 extern void updatedmgindicator(vec &attack);
 
diff --git a/source/src/renderhud.cpp b/source/src/renderhud.cpp
index a86f4c7b..9ba54ac8 100644
--- a/source/src/renderhud.cpp
+++ b/source/src/renderhud.cpp
@@ -289,6 +289,15 @@ void hudoutf(const char *s, ...)
     conoutf(s);
 }
 
+void hudoutf2(const char *s, ...)
+{
+    s_sprintfdv(sf, s);
+    string sp;
+    filtertext(sp, sf);
+    s = sf;
+    hudmsgs.addline(s);
+}
+
 bool insideradar(const vec &centerpos, float radius, const vec &o)
 {
     if(showmap) return !o.reject(centerpos, radius);