diff --git a/files/routes/chat.py b/files/routes/chat.py
index 0ed941abf6..024042403b 100644
--- a/files/routes/chat.py
+++ b/files/routes/chat.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ user_ids_to_socket_ids = {}
 @app.get("/chat")
 @is_not_permabanned
 def chat(v):
-	if TRUESCORE_CHAT_LIMIT and v.truescore < TRUESCORE_CHAT_LIMIT: abort(403)
+	if TRUESCORE_CHAT_LIMIT and v.truescore < TRUESCORE_CHAT_LIMIT and not v.club_allowed: abort(403)
 	return render_template("chat.html", v=v, messages=messages)
 
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def chat(v):
 @ratelimit_user("3/second;10/minute")
 def speak(data, v):
 	if v.is_banned: return '', 403
-	if TRUESCORE_CHAT_LIMIT and v.truescore < TRUESCORE_CHAT_LIMIT: return '', 403
+	if TRUESCORE_CHAT_LIMIT and v.truescore < TRUESCORE_CHAT_LIMIT and not v.club_allowed: return '', 403
 
 	vname = v.username.lower()
 	if vname in muted: