diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/NPCs/idle.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/NPCs/idle.yml
index 6ddded67f7..0eb57baee3 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/NPCs/idle.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/NPCs/idle.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 - type: htnCompound
   id: IdleCompound
   branches:
+    - tasks:
+        - !type:HTNPrimitiveTask
+          operator: !type:WaitOperator
+            key: IdleTime
+          preconditions:
+            - !type:KeyExistsPrecondition
+              key: IdleTime
+
     # Pick a new spot and wait there.
     - preconditions:
         - !type:BuckledPrecondition