diff --git a/Maple2.Database/Storage/Game/GameStorage.User.cs b/Maple2.Database/Storage/Game/GameStorage.User.cs
index 1500226bc..03e68ac66 100644
--- a/Maple2.Database/Storage/Game/GameStorage.User.cs
+++ b/Maple2.Database/Storage/Game/GameStorage.User.cs
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ public bool UpdateMachineId(long accountId, Guid machineId) {
             return (model, characters);
         }
 
+        public void SetAllCharacterToOffline() {
+            Context.Database.ExecuteSqlRaw("UPDATE `character` SET Channel = -1");
+        }
+
         //  If accountId is specified, only characters for the account will be returned.
         public Character? GetCharacter(long characterId, long accountId = -1) {
             if (accountId < 0) {
diff --git a/Maple2.Server.World/WorldServer.cs b/Maple2.Server.World/WorldServer.cs
index 5b278487e..f1db9ca0f 100644
--- a/Maple2.Server.World/WorldServer.cs
+++ b/Maple2.Server.World/WorldServer.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ public WorldServer(GameStorage gameStorage, ChannelClientLookup channelClients,
         scheduler.Start();
         memoryStringBoards = [];
 
+        SetAllCharacterToOffline();
+
         StartDailyReset();
         StartWorldEvents();
         ScheduleGameEvents();
@@ -55,6 +57,11 @@ public WorldServer(GameStorage gameStorage, ChannelClientLookup channelClients,
         heartbeatThread.Start();
     }
 
+    private void SetAllCharacterToOffline() {
+        using GameStorage.Request db = gameStorage.Context();
+        db.SetAllCharacterToOffline();
+    }
+
     private void Heartbeat() {
         while (!tokenSource.Token.IsCancellationRequested) {
             try {