diff --git a/src/ws/identify.ts b/src/ws/identify.ts
index aa077638b..e566feb00 100644
--- a/src/ws/identify.ts
+++ b/src/ws/identify.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export async function identify(shardId: number, maxShards: number) {
     queue: [],
     processingQueue: false,
     queueStartedAt: Date.now(),
+    queueCounter: 0,
   });
 
   socket.onopen = () => {
diff --git a/src/ws/process_queue.ts b/src/ws/process_queue.ts
index 218f189a4..5a87770ac 100644
--- a/src/ws/process_queue.ts
+++ b/src/ws/process_queue.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ export async function processQueue(id: number) {
 
   shard.processingQueue = true;
 
-  let counter = 0;
-
   while (shard.queue.length) {
     if (shard.ws.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
       shard.processingQueue = false;
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@ export async function processQueue(id: number) {
     const now = Date.now();
     if (now - shard.queueStartedAt >= 60000) {
       shard.queueStartedAt = now;
-      counter = 0;
+      shard.queueCounter = 0;
     }
 
     // Send a request that is next in line
@@ -28,12 +26,12 @@ export async function processQueue(id: number) {
     shard.ws.send(JSON.stringify(request));
 
     // Counter is useful for preventing 120/m requests.
-    counter++;
+    shard.queueCounter++;
 
     // Handle if the requests have been maxed
-    if (counter >= 118) {
+    if (shard.queueCounter >= 118) {
       await delay(60000);
-      counter = 0;
+      shard.queueCounter = 0;
       continue;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/ws/ws.ts b/src/ws/ws.ts
index 7af2baa8b..2b3006b1e 100644
--- a/src/ws/ws.ts
+++ b/src/ws/ws.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DiscordGatewayPayload } from "../types/gateway/gateway_payload.ts";
+import { DiscordGatewayOpcodes } from "../types/codes/gateway_opcodes.ts";
 import { Collection } from "../util/collection.ts";
 import { cleanupLoadingShards } from "./cleanup_loading_shards.ts";
 import { createShard } from "./create_shard.ts";
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ import { handleDiscordPayload } from "./handle_discord_payload.ts";
 import { handleOnMessage } from "./handle_on_message.ts";
 import { heartbeat } from "./heartbeat.ts";
 import { identify } from "./identify.ts";
+import { processQueue } from "./process_queue.ts";
 import { resharder } from "./resharder.ts";
 import { spawnShards } from "./spawn_shards.ts";
 import { startGateway } from "./start_gateway.ts";
-import { processQueue } from "./process_queue.ts";
 import { tellClusterToIdentify } from "./tell_cluster_to_identify.ts";
-import { DiscordGatewayOpcodes } from "../types/codes/gateway_opcodes.ts";
 
 // CONTROLLER LIKE INTERFACE FOR WS HANDLING
 export const ws = {
@@ -147,6 +146,8 @@ export interface DiscordenoShard {
   processingQueue: boolean;
   /** When the first request for this minute has been sent. */
   queueStartedAt: number;
+  /** The request counter of the queue */
+  queueCounter: number;
 }
 
 export interface WebSocketRequest {