diff --git a/packages/server/src/rooms.ts b/packages/server/src/rooms.ts
index e7e6da2..3961758 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/rooms.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/rooms.ts
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ export function joinRoom(
   const fresh = randomBytes(16).toString("hex");
   room.players.push(playerId);
   room.tokens.set(playerId, hashToken(fresh));
+  // An expected wizard who sits is expected no longer.
+  if (room.expected?.includes(playerId)) room.expected = room.expected.filter((n) => n !== playerId);
   appendLine(room.id, { kind: "join", name: playerId, tokenHash: hashToken(fresh) });
   recordRoom(room);
   return { token: fresh };
@@ -816,6 +818,7 @@ function rebuildRoom(id: string, lines: RoomLine[]): Room | null {
         if (!joinHash) throw new Error("join line has no token");
         room.players.push(line.name);
         room.tokens.set(line.name, joinHash);
+        if (room.expected?.includes(line.name)) room.expected = room.expected.filter((n) => n !== line.name);
       }
     } else if (line.kind === "start") {
       const r = startInMemory(room, line.expansion, line.colors, line.deckRev);