diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/hibiscusmc/hmccosmetics/user/manager/UserEmoteModel.java b/common/src/main/java/com/hibiscusmc/hmccosmetics/user/manager/UserEmoteModel.java
index ce1b55c6..d2398246 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/hibiscusmc/hmccosmetics/user/manager/UserEmoteModel.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/hibiscusmc/hmccosmetics/user/manager/UserEmoteModel.java
@@ -1,19 +1,34 @@
 package com.hibiscusmc.hmccosmetics.user.manager;
 
 import com.hibiscusmc.hmccosmetics.HMCCosmeticsPlugin;
+import com.hibiscusmc.hmccosmetics.config.Settings;
+import com.hibiscusmc.hmccosmetics.nms.NMSHandlers;
 import com.hibiscusmc.hmccosmetics.user.CosmeticUser;
 import com.hibiscusmc.hmccosmetics.util.MessagesUtil;
+import com.hibiscusmc.hmccosmetics.util.ServerUtils;
+import com.hibiscusmc.hmccosmetics.util.packets.PacketManager;
 import com.ticxo.playeranimator.api.model.player.PlayerModel;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+import org.bukkit.GameMode;
+import org.bukkit.Location;
+import org.bukkit.entity.EntityType;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class UserEmoteModel extends PlayerModel {
 
     private CosmeticUser user;
     private String emotePlaying;
+    private int armorstandId;
+    private GameMode originalGamemode;
 
     public UserEmoteModel(CosmeticUser user) {
         super(user.getPlayer());
         this.user = user;
+        armorstandId = NMSHandlers.getHandler().getNextEntityId();
+        getRangeManager().setRenderDistance(Settings.getViewDistance());
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -22,8 +37,24 @@ public class UserEmoteModel extends PlayerModel {
         super.playAnimation(id);
         emotePlaying = id;
         user.getPlayer().setInvisible(true);
-        user.hidePlayer();
         user.hideCosmetics(CosmeticUser.HiddenReason.EMOTE);
+
+        // Add config option that either allows player to move or forces them into a spot.
+        Player player = user.getPlayer();
+        List<Player> viewer = List.of(user.getPlayer());
+
+        Location newLocation = player.getLocation().clone();
+        newLocation.setPitch(0);
+        Location behindPlayerLoc = player.getLocation().add(newLocation.getDirection().normalize().multiply(-3));
+        originalGamemode = player.getGameMode();
+
+        PacketManager.sendEntitySpawnPacket(behindPlayerLoc, armorstandId, EntityType.ARMOR_STAND, UUID.randomUUID(), viewer);
+        PacketManager.sendInvisibilityPacket(armorstandId, viewer);
+        PacketManager.sendLookPacket(armorstandId, player.getLocation(), viewer);
+
+        PacketManager.gamemodeChangePacket(player, 3);
+        PacketManager.sendCameraPacket(armorstandId, viewer);
+
         MessagesUtil.sendDebugMessages("playAnimation run");
     }
 
@@ -42,7 +73,14 @@ public class UserEmoteModel extends PlayerModel {
 
     public void stopAnimation() {
         emotePlaying = null;
+        despawn();
+        List<Player> viewer = List.of(user.getPlayer());
         Bukkit.getScheduler().runTask(HMCCosmeticsPlugin.getInstance(), () -> {
+            PacketManager.sendCameraPacket(user.getPlayer().getEntityId(), viewer);
+            PacketManager.sendEntityDestroyPacket(armorstandId, viewer);
+            PacketManager.gamemodeChangePacket(user.getPlayer(), ServerUtils.convertGamemode(this.originalGamemode));
+            user.getPlayer().setGameMode(this.originalGamemode);
+
             if (user.getPlayer() != null) user.getPlayer().setInvisible(false);
             user.showPlayer();
             user.showCosmetics();