diff --git a/Server/src/main/content/global/ame/KidnapHelper.kt b/Server/src/main/content/global/ame/KidnapHelper.kt
index 5cef011ba..6fa40c6d1 100644
--- a/Server/src/main/content/global/ame/KidnapHelper.kt
+++ b/Server/src/main/content/global/ame/KidnapHelper.kt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import core.game.node.entity.player.link.TeleportManager.TeleportType
 import core.game.world.map.Location
 
 fun kidnapPlayer(player: Player, loc: Location, type: TeleportType) {
-    setAttribute(player, "kidnapped-by-random", true)
+    setAttribute(player, "kidnapped-by-random", true) //only used in POH code when you leave the hut, so does not need /save. Do not rely on this outside of its intended POH use case.
     if (getAttribute(player, "/save:original-loc", null) == null) {
         setAttribute(player, "/save:original-loc", player.location)
     }
@@ -15,14 +15,9 @@ fun kidnapPlayer(player: Player, loc: Location, type: TeleportType) {
 }
 
 fun returnPlayer(player: Player) {
-    // Prevent returning more than once and sending the player back to HOME_LOCATION
-    if (getAttribute<Location?>(player, "kidnapped-by-random", null) == null) {
-        return
-    }
-
     player.locks.unlockTeleport()
     val destination = getAttribute(player, "/save:original-loc", ServerConstants.HOME_LOCATION ?: Location.create(3222, 3218, 0))
     teleport(player, destination)
     unlock(player)
     removeAttributes(player, "/save:original-loc", "kidnapped-by-random")
-}
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+}
diff --git a/Server/src/main/content/global/ame/events/maze/MazeInterface.kt b/Server/src/main/content/global/ame/events/maze/MazeInterface.kt
index 108d456ca..f408b1507 100644
--- a/Server/src/main/content/global/ame/events/maze/MazeInterface.kt
+++ b/Server/src/main/content/global/ame/events/maze/MazeInterface.kt
@@ -199,17 +199,16 @@ class MazeInterface : InteractionListener, EventHook<TickEvent>, MapArea {
 
         on(Scenery.STRANGE_SHRINE_3634, IntType.SCENERY, "touch") { player, node ->
             player.unhook(this)
+            lock(player, 12)
             closeOverlay(player)
             queueScript(player, 0, QueueStrength.SOFT) { stage: Int ->
                 when (stage) {
                     0 -> {
-                        lock(player, 6)
                         sendGraphics(Graphics(86, 0, 3), player.location)
                         animate(player,862)
                         return@queueScript delayScript(player, 6)
                     }
                     1 -> {
-                        lock(player, 6)
                         sendGraphics(Graphics(1576, 0, 0), player.location)
                         animate(player,8939)
                         playAudio(player, Sounds.TELEPORT_ALL_200)
@@ -274,4 +273,4 @@ class MazeInterface : InteractionListener, EventHook<TickEvent>, MapArea {
         }
     }
 
-}
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+}