diff --git a/Addons/Commands/bonus.lua b/Addons/Commands/bonus.lua
index 20f13703..dbc650d1 100644
--- a/Addons/Commands/bonus.lua
+++ b/Addons/Commands/bonus.lua
@@ -55,5 +55,7 @@ Event.register(defines.events.on_pre_player_died,function(event)
     local player = Game.get_player(event)
     if Ranking.get_rank(player):allowed('bonus-respawn') then
         player.ticks_to_respawn = 120
+        -- manually dispatch death event because it is not fired when ticks_to_respawn is set pre death
+        Event.dispatch({name = defines.events.on_player_died, tick = event.tick, player_index = event.player_index})
     end
 end)
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