diff --git a/src/engine/InterestManagement/InterestManager.java b/src/engine/InterestManagement/InterestManager.java
index afb78d92..2a55151d 100644
--- a/src/engine/InterestManagement/InterestManager.java
+++ b/src/engine/InterestManagement/InterestManager.java
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ public enum InterestManager implements Runnable {
         player.setDirtyLoad(true);
         updateStaticList(player, origin);
         updateMobileList(player, origin);
-        PlayerCharacter.checkIfBoxed(player);
+        //PlayerCharacter.checkIfBoxed(player);
 
     }
 
diff --git a/src/engine/objects/PlayerCharacter.java b/src/engine/objects/PlayerCharacter.java
index 912a68e0..7a8b00d3 100644
--- a/src/engine/objects/PlayerCharacter.java
+++ b/src/engine/objects/PlayerCharacter.java
@@ -4873,20 +4873,20 @@ public class PlayerCharacter extends AbstractCharacter {
                         }
                     }
 
-                    if(this.isBoxed) {
-                        if(this.title.equals(CharacterTitle.BOX) == false) {
-                            this.title = CharacterTitle.BOX;
-                            InterestManager.reloadCharacter(this);
-                        }
-                        if (this.containsEffect(1672601862) == false) {//Deathshroud
-                            PowersManager.applyPower(this, this, Vector3fImmutable.ZERO, 1672601862, 40, false);
-                        }
-                    }else{
-                        if(this.title.equals(CharacterTitle.NONE) == false) {
-                            this.title = CharacterTitle.NONE;
-                            InterestManager.reloadCharacter(this);
-                        }
-                    }
+                    //if(this.isBoxed) {
+                    //    if(this.title.equals(CharacterTitle.BOX) == false) {
+                    //        this.title = CharacterTitle.BOX;
+                    //        InterestManager.reloadCharacter(this);
+                    //    }
+                    //    if (this.containsEffect(1672601862) == false) {//Deathshroud
+                    //        PowersManager.applyPower(this, this, Vector3fImmutable.ZERO, 1672601862, 40, false);
+                    //    }
+                   // }else{
+                   //     if(this.title.equals(CharacterTitle.NONE) == false) {
+                   //         this.title = CharacterTitle.NONE;
+                   //         InterestManager.reloadCharacter(this);
+                   //     }
+                   // }
                 }
                 
             } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/src/engine/server/world/WorldServer.java b/src/engine/server/world/WorldServer.java
index 2dee14ac..6a72e204 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/world/WorldServer.java
+++ b/src/engine/server/world/WorldServer.java
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ public class WorldServer {
 		//Thread powerThread = new Thread(new PowersThread());
 		//powerThread.setName("power thread");
 		//powerThread.start();
+		Logger.info("Starting Box Flag Thread");
+		BoxFlagThread.startBoxFlagThread();
 
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/src/engine/workthreads/BoxFlagThread.java b/src/engine/workthreads/BoxFlagThread.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edc09744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/engine/workthreads/BoxFlagThread.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// • ▌ ▄ ·.  ▄▄▄·  ▄▄ • ▪   ▄▄· ▄▄▄▄·  ▄▄▄·  ▐▄▄▄  ▄▄▄ .
+// ·██ ▐███▪▐█ ▀█ ▐█ ▀ ▪██ ▐█ ▌▪▐█ ▀█▪▐█ ▀█ •█▌ ▐█▐▌·
+// ▐█ ▌▐▌▐█·▄█▀▀█ ▄█ ▀█▄▐█·██ ▄▄▐█▀▀█▄▄█▀▀█ ▐█▐ ▐▌▐▀▀▀
+// ██ ██▌▐█▌▐█ ▪▐▌▐█▄▪▐█▐█▌▐███▌██▄▪▐█▐█ ▪▐▌██▐ █▌▐█▄▄▌
+// ▀▀  █▪▀▀▀ ▀  ▀ ·▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀·▀▀▀ ·▀▀▀▀  ▀  ▀ ▀▀  █▪ ▀▀▀
+//      Magicbane Emulator Project © 2013 - 2022
+//                www.magicbane.com
+
+
+package engine.workthreads;
+
+import engine.Enum;
+import engine.InterestManagement.InterestManager;
+import engine.InterestManagement.WorldGrid;
+import engine.gameManager.BuildingManager;
+import engine.gameManager.PowersManager;
+import engine.gameManager.SessionManager;
+import engine.gameManager.ZergManager;
+import engine.math.Vector3fImmutable;
+import engine.objects.*;
+import engine.server.MBServerStatics;
+import org.pmw.tinylog.Logger;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+public class BoxFlagThread implements Runnable {
+
+    public final static int THREAD_DELAY = 5000;
+    public BoxFlagThread() {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        long nextPulse = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        while(true){
+            if(System.currentTimeMillis() > nextPulse) {
+                for(PlayerCharacter pc : SessionManager.getAllActivePlayerCharacters()){
+                    if(pc.isEnteredWorld() && pc.isActive()){
+
+                        if(PlayerCharacter.checkIfBoxed(pc)) {
+                            if(pc.title.equals(CharacterTitle.BOX) == false) {
+                                pc.title = CharacterTitle.BOX;
+                                //InterestManager.reloadCharacter(pc);
+                                InterestManager.setObjectDirty(pc);
+                            }
+                            if (pc.containsEffect(1672601862) == false) {//Deathshroud
+                                PowersManager.applyPower(pc, pc, Vector3fImmutable.ZERO, 1672601862, 40, false);
+                            }
+                        }else{
+                            if(pc.title.equals(CharacterTitle.NONE) == false) {
+                                pc.title = CharacterTitle.NONE;
+                                //InterestManager.reloadCharacter(pc);
+                                InterestManager.setObjectDirty(pc);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                nextPulse += THREAD_DELAY;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    public static void startBoxFlagThread() {
+
+        Thread boxFlag;
+        boxFlag = new Thread(new BoxFlagThread());
+
+        boxFlag.setName("boxFlagThread");
+        boxFlag.start();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/workthreads/PowersThread.java b/src/engine/workthreads/PowersThread.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 97794f99..00000000
--- a/src/engine/workthreads/PowersThread.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package engine.workthreads;
-
-import engine.gameManager.PowersManager;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-
-public class PowersThread implements Runnable {
-
-    public PowersThread(){
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        while(true){
-            ArrayList<PowersManager.PowerQueObject> purge = new ArrayList<>();
-            for(PowersManager.PowerQueObject pqo : PowersManager.static_power_que){
-                purge.add(pqo);
-                PowersManager.usePower(pqo.msg,pqo.origin,pqo.sendCastToSelf);
-            }
-            PowersManager.static_power_que.removeAll(purge);
-        }
-    }
-}