diff --git a/core/bot.py b/core/bot.py
index a368e69..45d7191 100644
--- a/core/bot.py
+++ b/core/bot.py
@@ -676,8 +676,10 @@ class IRCBot(IRCClient):
                     )
                     return
                 else:
-                    self._negativePass = True
+                    self._negativePass = True  # if it's disabled, we still want the next block to run
 
+        # Only run if negativepass has completed, or exempted as above
+        if self._negativePass:
             if sinst["check"]:
                 if sinst["ping"]:
                     self.msg(sinst["entity"], sinst["pingmsg"])