diff --git a/lib/src/events/GuildCreateEvent.dart b/lib/src/events/GuildCreateEvent.dart
index 38bb4cd..b4fed4d 100644
--- a/lib/src/events/GuildCreateEvent.dart
+++ b/lib/src/events/GuildCreateEvent.dart
@@ -5,35 +5,16 @@ class GuildCreateEvent {
   /// The guild created.
   Guild guild;
 
-  GuildCreateEvent._new(Client client, Map<String, dynamic> json, _WS ws) {
+  GuildCreateEvent._new(Client client, Map<String, dynamic> json, Shard shard) {
     this.guild =
         new Guild._new(client, json['d'] as Map<String, dynamic>, true, true);
 
-    if (!client.ready) {
-      bool match = true;
-      client.guilds.forEach((String id, Guild o) {
-        if (o == null) match = false;
-      });
-
-      bool match2 = true;
-      ws.client.shards.forEach((int id, Shard s) {
-        if (!s.ready) match = false;
-      });
+    if (shard._ws.client._options.forceFetchMembers)
+      shard._send("REQUEST_GUILD_MEMBERS",
+          {"guild_id": guild.id, "query": "", "limit": 0});
 
-      if (match && match2) {
-        client.ready = true;
-        if (client.user.bot) {
-          client._http
-              .get('/oauth2/applications/@me', true)
-              .then((_HttpResponse r) {
-            client.app = new ClientOAuth2Application._new(
-                client, r.json as Map<String, dynamic>);
-            new ReadyEvent._new(client);
-          });
-        } else {
-          new ReadyEvent._new(client);
-        }
-      }
+    if (!client.ready) {
+      shard._ws.testReady();
     } else {
       client._events.onGuildCreate.add(this);
     }
diff --git a/lib/src/events/GuildMemberAddEvent.dart b/lib/src/events/GuildMemberAddEvent.dart
index 35a81e8..8c1669a 100644
--- a/lib/src/events/GuildMemberAddEvent.dart
+++ b/lib/src/events/GuildMemberAddEvent.dart
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class GuildMemberAddEvent {
   GuildMemberAddEvent._new(Client client, Map<String, dynamic> json) {
     if (client.ready) {
       final Guild guild = client.guilds[json['d']['guild_id']];
+      guild.memberCount++;
       this.member =
           new Member._new(client, json['d'] as Map<String, dynamic>, guild);
       client._events.onGuildMemberAdd.add(this);
diff --git a/lib/src/events/GuildMemberRemoveEvent.dart b/lib/src/events/GuildMemberRemoveEvent.dart
index e593a86..11efcd3 100644
--- a/lib/src/events/GuildMemberRemoveEvent.dart
+++ b/lib/src/events/GuildMemberRemoveEvent.dart
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class GuildMemberRemoveEvent {
   GuildMemberRemoveEvent._new(Client client, Map<String, dynamic> json) {
     if (client.ready && json['d']['user']['id'] != client.user.id) {
       this.guild = client.guilds[json['d']['guild_id']];
+      guild.memberCount--;
       this.user =
           new User._new(client, json['d']['user'] as Map<String, dynamic>);
       guild.members.remove(user.id);
diff --git a/lib/src/internal/_WS.dart b/lib/src/internal/_WS.dart
index f4f2db3..95279ee 100644
--- a/lib/src/internal/_WS.dart
+++ b/lib/src/internal/_WS.dart
@@ -47,30 +47,7 @@ class _WS {
 
     shard.onReady.stream.listen((Shard s) {
       if (!client.ready) {
-        bool match = true;
-        client.guilds.forEach((String id, Guild o) {
-          if (o == null) match = false;
-        });
-
-        bool match2 = true;
-        client.shards.forEach((int id, Shard s) {
-          if (!s.ready) match = false;
-        });
-
-        if (match && match2) {
-          client.ready = true;
-          if (client.user.bot) {
-            client._http
-                .get('/oauth2/applications/@me', true)
-                .then((_HttpResponse r) {
-              client.app = new ClientOAuth2Application._new(
-                  client, r.json as Map<String, dynamic>);
-              new ReadyEvent._new(client);
-            });
-          } else {
-            new ReadyEvent._new(client);
-          }
-        }
+        testReady();
       }
     });
   }
@@ -87,4 +64,35 @@ class _WS {
     if (index + 1 != this.client._options.shardIds.length)
       new Timer(new Duration(seconds: 6), () => connectShard(index + 1));
   }
+
+  void testReady() {
+    bool match = true;
+    client.guilds.forEach((String id, Guild o) {
+      if (client._options.forceFetchMembers) {
+        if (o == null || o.members.length != o.memberCount) match = false;
+      } else {
+        if (o == null) match = false;
+      }
+    });
+
+    bool match2 = true;
+    this.client.shards.forEach((int id, Shard s) {
+      if (!s.ready) match = false;
+    });
+
+    if (match && match2) {
+      client.ready = true;
+      if (client.user.bot) {
+        client._http
+            .get('/oauth2/applications/@me', true)
+            .then((_HttpResponse r) {
+          client.app = new ClientOAuth2Application._new(
+              client, r.json as Map<String, dynamic>);
+          new ReadyEvent._new(client);
+        });
+      } else {
+        new ReadyEvent._new(client);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/objects/ClientOptions.dart b/lib/src/objects/ClientOptions.dart
index 72b9a41..477d00a 100644
--- a/lib/src/objects/ClientOptions.dart
+++ b/lib/src/objects/ClientOptions.dart
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ class ClientOptions {
   /// Ex: `onMessageUpdate`.
   bool ignoreUncachedEvents;
 
+  /// Whether or not to force fetch all of the members the client can see.
+  /// Can slow down ready times but is recommended if you rely on `Message.member`
+  /// or the member cache.
+  bool forceFetchMembers;
+
   /// A list of discord formatted events to be disabled. Note: some of these events
   /// can be dangerous to disable. Ex: `TYPING_START`
   List<String> disabledEvents;
@@ -34,5 +39,6 @@ class ClientOptions {
       this.shardCount: 1,
       this.disabledEvents: const [],
       this.messageCacheSize: 200,
-      this.ignoreUncachedEvents: true});
+      this.ignoreUncachedEvents: true,
+      this.forceFetchMembers: true});
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/objects/Shard.dart b/lib/src/objects/Shard.dart
index 4837728..bfb63c4 100644
--- a/lib/src/objects/Shard.dart
+++ b/lib/src/objects/Shard.dart
@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ class Shard extends _BaseObj {
             this.onReady.add(this);
             break;
 
+          case 'GUILD_MEMBERS_CHUNK':
+            json['d']['members'].forEach((Map<String, dynamic> o) {
+              new Member._new(this._ws.client, o,
+                  this._ws.client.guilds[json['d']['guild_id']]);
+            });
+            if (!_ws.client.ready) {
+              _ws.testReady();
+            }
+            break;
+
           case 'MESSAGE_CREATE':
             MessageEvent msgEvent =
                 new MessageEvent._new(this._ws.client, json);
@@ -156,7 +166,7 @@ class Shard extends _BaseObj {
             break;
 
           case 'GUILD_CREATE':
-            new GuildCreateEvent._new(this._ws.client, json, this._ws);
+            new GuildCreateEvent._new(this._ws.client, json, this);
             break;
 
           case 'GUILD_UPDATE':