diff --git a/MultiServer.py b/MultiServer.py
index 52c80c5540..d317e7b8fa 100644
--- a/MultiServer.py
+++ b/MultiServer.py
@@ -496,7 +496,8 @@ class Context:
 
         self.read_data = {}
         # there might be a better place to put this.
-        self.read_data["race_mode"] = lambda: decoded_obj.get("race_mode", 0)
+        race_mode = decoded_obj.get("race_mode", 0)
+        self.read_data["race_mode"] = lambda: race_mode
         mdata_ver = decoded_obj["minimum_versions"]["server"]
         if mdata_ver > version_tuple:
             raise RuntimeError(f"Supplied Multidata (.archipelago) requires a server of at least version {mdata_ver}, "