diff --git a/CustomJSONData/CustomEventCallbackController.cs b/CustomJSONData/CustomEventCallbackController.cs
index 5290cc3..d8a046d 100644
--- a/CustomJSONData/CustomEventCallbackController.cs
+++ b/CustomJSONData/CustomEventCallbackController.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ private void LateUpdate()
                 return;
             }
 
+            bool start = false;
+
             foreach (CustomEventCallbackData customEventCallbackData in _customEventCallbackData)
             {
                 while (customEventCallbackData.nextEventIndex < BeatmapData.customEventsData.Count)
@@ -85,6 +87,14 @@ private void LateUpdate()
                         break;
                     }
 
+                    // Events are before/during start
+                    // This should only be done if the starting time is 0
+                    if (customEventData.time <= SpawningStartTime && SpawningStartTime == 0)
+                    {
+                        start = true;
+                        // TODO: Pause the song so the audio doesn't play while loading?
+                    }
+
                     // skip events before song start
                     if (customEventData.time >= SpawningStartTime || customEventCallbackData.callIfBeforeStartTime)
                     {
@@ -94,6 +104,16 @@ private void LateUpdate()
                     customEventCallbackData.nextEventIndex++;
                 }
             }
+
+            // Restart the song since we were loading for events
+            // this *should* fix the issues caused by the map running in the background while events were loading
+            if (!start || AudioTimeSource is not AudioTimeSyncController implAudioTimeSource)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            implAudioTimeSource.StartSong(0);
+            implAudioTimeSource.Resume();
         }
 
         public class CustomEventCallbackData