diff --git a/src/components/zone/Zone.vue b/src/components/zone/Zone.vue
index 8db5f71..5620317 100644
--- a/src/components/zone/Zone.vue
+++ b/src/components/zone/Zone.vue
@@ -55,13 +55,11 @@ gameStore.connection!.on('character:move', (data: ExtendedCharacterT) => {
   zoneStore.updateCharacter(data)
 })
 
-onMounted(async () => {
-  // Emit zone:character:join event to server and wait for response, then set zone and characters
-  gameStore!.connection!.emit('zone:character:join', async (response: zoneLoadData) => {
-    await loadZoneTiles(response.zone, scene)
-    zoneStore.setZone(response.zone)
-    zoneStore.setCharacters(response.characters)
-  })
+// Emit zone:character:join event to server and wait for response, then set zone and characters
+gameStore!.connection!.emit('zone:character:join', async (response: zoneLoadData) => {
+  await loadZoneTiles(response.zone, scene)
+  zoneStore.setZone(response.zone)
+  zoneStore.setCharacters(response.characters)
 })
 
 onUnmounted(() => {