diff --git a/src/bot.ts b/src/bot.ts
index 92d2182b9..4fe7562ed 100644
--- a/src/bot.ts
+++ b/src/bot.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export async function startBot(config: BotConfig) {
   // Initial API connection to get info about bots connection
   ws.botGatewayData = await getGatewayBot();
   ws.maxShards = ws.maxShards || ws.botGatewayData.shards;
+  ws.lastShardId =
+    ws.lastShardId === 1 ? ws.botGatewayData.shards : ws.lastShardId;
 
   // Explicitly append gateway version and encoding
   ws.botGatewayData.url += `?v=${GATEWAY_VERSION}&encoding=json`;