diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/club/mcscrims/speedhg/kit/listener/KitEventDispatcher.kt b/src/main/kotlin/club/mcscrims/speedhg/kit/listener/KitEventDispatcher.kt
index f02d77d..f37a890 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/club/mcscrims/speedhg/kit/listener/KitEventDispatcher.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/club/mcscrims/speedhg/kit/listener/KitEventDispatcher.kt
@@ -174,11 +174,18 @@ class KitEventDispatcher(
 		val itemInHand = player.inventory.itemInMainHand
 		val active     = kit.getActiveAbility( playstyle )
 
+		// Allow throwable items (potions, ender pearls, etc.) to pass through,
+		// UNLESS the item is the player's own kit item.
+		val isKitAbilityItem = kit.cachedItems[ player.uniqueId ]
+			?.any { it.isSimilar( itemInHand ) } == true
+
 		// Allow throwable items (potions, ender pearls, etc.) to pass through
-		if ( itemInHand.type == Material.SPLASH_POTION   ||
-			itemInHand.type == Material.LINGERING_POTION ||
-			itemInHand.type == Material.MILK_BUCKET      ||
-			itemInHand.type == Material.ENDER_PEARL ) return
+		if ( !isKitAbilityItem && (
+					itemInHand.type == Material.SPLASH_POTION   ||
+					itemInHand.type == Material.LINGERING_POTION ||
+					itemInHand.type == Material.MILK_BUCKET      ||
+					itemInHand.type == Material.ENDER_PEARL
+				)) return
 
 		if ( itemInHand.type != active.triggerMaterial ) return