diff --git a/Plugins/Mineplex.Core/src/mineplex/core/gadget/gadgets/balloons/BalloonItem.java b/Plugins/Mineplex.Core/src/mineplex/core/gadget/gadgets/balloons/BalloonItem.java
index be3382dc6..8f4530c2b 100644
--- a/Plugins/Mineplex.Core/src/mineplex/core/gadget/gadgets/balloons/BalloonItem.java
+++ b/Plugins/Mineplex.Core/src/mineplex/core/gadget/gadgets/balloons/BalloonItem.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public class BalloonItem extends BalloonGadget
 		{
 			Zombie zombie = player.getWorld().spawn(player.getLocation(), Zombie.class);
 			zombie.setBaby(true);
+			((Ageable) zombie).setAgeLock(true);
 			UtilEnt.vegetate(zombie);
 			UtilEnt.silence(zombie, true);
 			addEntity(player, zombie);
@@ -68,7 +69,10 @@ public class BalloonItem extends BalloonGadget
 
 		Entity entity = player.getWorld().spawnEntity(player.getLocation(), _balloonType.getEntityType());
 		if (_balloonType.isBaby() && entity instanceof Ageable)
+		{
 			((Ageable) entity).setBaby();
+			((Ageable) entity).setAgeLock(true);
+		}
 		UtilEnt.vegetate(entity);
 		UtilEnt.silence(entity, true);
 		addEntity(player, entity);