diff --git a/CS2-SimpleAdmin/CS2-SimpleAdmin.cs b/CS2-SimpleAdmin/CS2-SimpleAdmin.cs
index a16ab9c..23a403c 100644
--- a/CS2-SimpleAdmin/CS2-SimpleAdmin.cs
+++ b/CS2-SimpleAdmin/CS2-SimpleAdmin.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public partial class CS2_SimpleAdmin : BasePlugin, IPluginConfig<CS2_SimpleAdmin
     public override string ModuleName => "CS2-SimpleAdmin" + (Helper.IsDebugBuild ? " (DEBUG)" : " (RELEASE)");
     public override string ModuleDescription => "Simple admin plugin for Counter-Strike 2 :)";
     public override string ModuleAuthor => "daffyy";
-    public override string ModuleVersion => "1.8.2b-zio14";
+    public override string ModuleVersion => "1.8.2b-zio15";
     
     public override void Load(bool hotReload)
     {
diff --git a/CS2-SimpleAdmin/Managers/MuteManager.cs b/CS2-SimpleAdmin/Managers/MuteManager.cs
index 01d83df..6f9b65b 100644
--- a/CS2-SimpleAdmin/Managers/MuteManager.cs
+++ b/CS2-SimpleAdmin/Managers/MuteManager.cs
@@ -212,7 +212,15 @@ internal class MuteManager(IDatabaseProvider? databaseProvider)
                 foreach (var muteRecord in muteRecords)
                 {
                     DateTime endDateTime = muteRecord.ends;
-                    PlayerPenaltyManager.RemovePenaltiesByDateTime(slot, endDateTime);
+                    // zio: match by type and approximate end time; see RemovePenaltiesByDateTime.
+                    string muteType = muteRecord.type;
+                    var penaltyType = muteType switch
+                    {
+                        "MUTE" => PenaltyType.Mute,
+                        "SILENCE" => PenaltyType.Silence,
+                        _ => PenaltyType.Gag
+                    };
+                    PlayerPenaltyManager.RemovePenaltiesByDateTime(slot, penaltyType, endDateTime);
                 }
 
             }
diff --git a/CS2-SimpleAdmin/Managers/PlayerPenaltyManager.cs b/CS2-SimpleAdmin/Managers/PlayerPenaltyManager.cs
index 7931fe3..9acdc04 100644
--- a/CS2-SimpleAdmin/Managers/PlayerPenaltyManager.cs
+++ b/CS2-SimpleAdmin/Managers/PlayerPenaltyManager.cs
@@ -95,9 +95,11 @@ public static class PlayerPenaltyManager
 
         if (CS2_SimpleAdmin.Instance.Config.OtherSettings.TimeMode == 0)
         {
-            if (penaltiesList.Count == 0) return false;
-            
-            endDateTime = penaltiesList.First().EndDateTime;
+            // zio: a penalty marked passed is over, even before RemoveExpiredPenalties drops it.
+            var active = penaltiesList.FirstOrDefault(p => !p.Passed || p.Duration == 0);
+            if (active == default) return false;
+
+            endDateTime = active.EndDateTime;
             return true;
         }
 
@@ -255,6 +257,26 @@ public static class PlayerPenaltyManager
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// zio: marks a penalty of one type as passed when its end is within a few seconds of the
+    /// database's. A penalty added in game keeps the end time from the command, which has
+    /// sub-second precision and is taken a moment before the one the database stores (to the
+    /// second), so an exact match never finds it and the penalty outlives its database row.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static void RemovePenaltiesByDateTime(int slot, PenaltyType penaltyType, DateTime dateTime)
+    {
+        if (!Penalties.TryGetValue(slot, out var penaltyDict) ||
+            !penaltyDict.TryGetValue(penaltyType, out var penaltiesList)) return;
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < penaltiesList.Count; i++)
+        {
+            if ((penaltiesList[i].EndDateTime - dateTime).Duration() > TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)) continue;
+            var penalty = penaltiesList[i];
+            penalty.Passed = true;
+            penaltiesList[i] = penalty;
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Removes or expires penalties automatically across all players based on their duration or "passed" flag.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a2bdb0..ee39a72 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ from the `build-1.8.2b` tag). Changes, all marked `zio:` in the code:
   highest-immunity group, and who changed it) to `sa_rank_log`, the table simpleadmin-web creates
   and lists as the public promotions/demotions log. If the table is missing, it warns once in the
   log and the admin change goes ahead.
+- With `TimeMode` 0 (online time only), a gag, mute or silence given in game now ends when its
+  database row expires. Upstream matched the two by exact end time, which never matched for one
+  given in game (the database stores the time to the second), so it lasted until the player
+  reconnected. A penalty marked passed also stops applying at once, not on the next 61-second tick.
 
 Publish with `FORGEJO_TOKEN=... ./release.sh v<ModuleVersion>` (ModuleVersion is `1.8.2b-zioN`).
 It rebuilds from the committed source and uploads `SimpleAdmin-<tag>.tar.gz` to git.zio.sh