diff --git a/src/core/game/GameImpl.ts b/src/core/game/GameImpl.ts
index 96da4b611..75342fbfc 100644
--- a/src/core/game/GameImpl.ts
+++ b/src/core/game/GameImpl.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ export class GameImpl implements Game {
       this._nations.forEach((n) => this.addPlayer(n.playerInfo));
       return;
     }
-    const isDuos = this.config().gameConfig().playerTeams === Duos;
     const allPlayers = [
       ...this._humans,
       ...this._nations.map((n) => n.playerInfo),
diff --git a/src/core/game/PlayerImpl.ts b/src/core/game/PlayerImpl.ts
index bf5b329d7..b2046cd40 100644
--- a/src/core/game/PlayerImpl.ts
+++ b/src/core/game/PlayerImpl.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   Attack,
   BuildableUnit,
   Cell,
+  ColoredTeams,
   EmojiMessage,
   Gold,
   MessageType,
@@ -606,6 +607,9 @@ export class PlayerImpl implements Player {
     if (this.team() == null || other.team() == null) {
       return false;
     }
+    if (this.team() == ColoredTeams.Bot || other.team() == ColoredTeams.Bot) {
+      return false;
+    }
     return this._team == other.team();
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/Team.test.ts b/tests/Team.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..451897df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Team.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import {
+  ColoredTeams,
+  Game,
+  GameMode,
+  PlayerType,
+} from "../src/core/game/Game";
+import { playerInfo, setup } from "./util/Setup";
+
+let game: Game;
+
+describe("Teams", () => {
+  test("bots are on the same team, but can attack each other", async () => {
+    game = await setup("Plains", { gameMode: GameMode.Team, playerTeams: 2 });
+
+    const bot1 = game.addPlayer(playerInfo("bot1", PlayerType.Bot));
+    const bot2 = game.addPlayer(playerInfo("bot2", PlayerType.Bot));
+
+    // Both bots should be on the same team
+    expect(bot1.team()).toBe(ColoredTeams.Bot);
+    expect(bot2.team()).toBe(ColoredTeams.Bot);
+
+    // But they should be allowed to attack each other.
+    expect(bot1.isOnSameTeam(bot2)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("humans spawn on different teams", async () => {
+    game = await setup(
+      "Plains",
+      {
+        gameMode: GameMode.Team,
+        playerTeams: 2,
+      },
+      [
+        playerInfo("human1", PlayerType.Human),
+        playerInfo("human2", PlayerType.Human),
+      ],
+    );
+    expect(game.player("human1").isOnSameTeam(game.player("human2"))).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/util/Setup.ts b/tests/util/Setup.ts
index 7f8b98a83..b77f74112 100644
--- a/tests/util/Setup.ts
+++ b/tests/util/Setup.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import fs from "fs/promises";
 import path from "path";
-import { Difficulty, GameType } from "../../src/core/game/Game";
+import {
+  Difficulty,
+  Game,
+  GameType,
+  PlayerInfo,
+  PlayerType,
+} from "../../src/core/game/Game";
 import { createGame } from "../../src/core/game/GameImpl";
 import { genTerrainFromBin } from "../../src/core/game/TerrainMapLoader";
 import { UserSettings } from "../../src/core/game/UserSettings";
@@ -9,7 +15,11 @@ import { generateMap } from "../../src/scripts/TerrainMapGenerator";
 import { TestConfig } from "./TestConfig";
 import { TestServerConfig } from "./TestServerConfig";
 
-export async function setup(mapName: string, _gameConfig: GameConfig = {}) {
+export async function setup(
+  mapName: string,
+  _gameConfig: GameConfig = {},
+  humans: PlayerInfo[] = [],
+): Promise<Game> {
   // Load the specified map
   const mapPath = path.join(__dirname, "..", "testdata", `${mapName}.png`);
   const imageBuffer = await fs.readFile(mapPath);
@@ -35,5 +45,9 @@ export async function setup(mapName: string, _gameConfig: GameConfig = {}) {
   const config = new TestConfig(serverConfig, gameConfig, new UserSettings());
 
   // Create and return the game
-  return createGame([], [], gameMap, miniGameMap, config);
+  return createGame(humans, [], gameMap, miniGameMap, config);
+}
+
+export function playerInfo(name: string, type: PlayerType): PlayerInfo {
+  return new PlayerInfo("fr", name, type, null, name);
 }