diff --git a/src/ws/identify.ts b/src/ws/identify.ts
index b64be1a21..6a6486195 100644
--- a/src/ws/identify.ts
+++ b/src/ws/identify.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export async function identify(shardId: number, maxShards: number) {
     },
     queue: [],
     processingQueue: false,
+    queueMinuteTimestamp: 0,
   });
 
   socket.onopen = () => {
diff --git a/src/ws/process_queue.ts b/src/ws/process_queue.ts
index 7a37b3ead..3737e58b1 100644
--- a/src/ws/process_queue.ts
+++ b/src/ws/process_queue.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export async function processQueue(id: number) {
   if (!shard?.queue.length || shard.processingQueue) return;
 
   shard.processingQueue = true;
+  shard.queueMinuteTimestamp = Date.now();
 
   let counter = 0;
 
@@ -16,6 +17,12 @@ export async function processQueue(id: number) {
       return;
     }
 
+    const now = Date.now();
+    if (now - shard.queueMinuteTimestamp > 60000) {
+      shard.queueMinuteTimestamp = now;
+      counter = 0;
+    }
+
     // Send a request that is next in line
     const request = shard.queue.shift();
 
diff --git a/src/ws/spawn_shards.ts b/src/ws/spawn_shards.ts
index d82c15d88..437556af6 100644
--- a/src/ws/spawn_shards.ts
+++ b/src/ws/spawn_shards.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function spawnShards(firstShardId = 0) {
 
       while (shardId !== undefined) {
         ws.log("DEBUG", "Running while loop in getMembers function.");
-        await ws.tellClusterToIdentify(clusterId as number, shardId, bucketId);
+        await ws.tellClusterToIdentify(clusterId, shardId, bucketId);
         shardId = queue.shift();
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/ws/ws.ts b/src/ws/ws.ts
index 1db6c8a74..22fc68d68 100644
--- a/src/ws/ws.ts
+++ b/src/ws/ws.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ export interface DiscordenoShard {
   queue: WebSocketRequest[];
   /** Whether or not the queue for this shard is being processed. */
   processingQueue: boolean;
+  /** When the first request for this minute has been sent. */
+  queueMinuteTimestamp: number;
 }
 
 export interface WebSocketRequest {