diff --git a/source/glest_game/menu/menu_state_custom_game.cpp b/source/glest_game/menu/menu_state_custom_game.cpp
index da1345b2f..e1239004f 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/menu/menu_state_custom_game.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/menu/menu_state_custom_game.cpp
@@ -3178,6 +3178,12 @@ void MenuStateCustomGame::loadGameSettings(GameSettings *gameSettings,bool force
 		if(ct != ctClosed) {
 			int slotIndex = factionCount;
 
+
+			if (ct == ctHuman && this->headlessServerMode == true) {
+				// switch slot to network, because no human in headless mode
+				ct = ctNetwork;
+			}
+
 			gameSettings->setFactionControl(slotIndex, ct);
 			if(ct == ctHuman) {
 				if(SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugSystem).enabled) SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugSystem,"In [%s::%s Line: %d] i = %d, slotIndex = %d, getHumanPlayerName(i) [%s]\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,i,slotIndex,getHumanPlayerName(i).c_str());
@@ -3218,7 +3224,6 @@ void MenuStateCustomGame::loadGameSettings(GameSettings *gameSettings,bool force
 			gameSettings->setTeam(slotIndex, listBoxTeams[i].getSelectedItemIndex());
 			gameSettings->setStartLocationIndex(slotIndex, i);
 
-
 			if(listBoxControls[i].getSelectedItemIndex() == ctNetwork || listBoxControls[i].getSelectedItemIndex() == ctNetworkUnassigned) {
 				if(serverInterface->getSlot(i) != NULL &&
                    serverInterface->getSlot(i)->isConnected()) {