diff --git a/templates/mod/users.html b/templates/mod/users.html
index 984c48e1..b4c666e1 100644
--- a/templates/mod/users.html
+++ b/templates/mod/users.html
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 					<a style="float:left;text-decoration:none" href="?/users/{{ user.id }}/promote" title="{% trans 'Promote' %}">&#9650;</a> 
 				{% endif %}
 				{% if mod|hasPermission(config.mod.promoteusers) and user.type > constant(config.mod.groups|first) %}
-					<a style="float:left;text-decoration:none" href="?/users/{{ user.id }}/demote" title="{% trans 'Demote' %}">&#9660;</a> 
+					<a style="float:left;text-decoration:none" href="?/users/{{ user.id }}/demote" title="{% trans 'Demote' %}"{% if mod.id == user.id %} onclick="return confirm('{% trans 'Are you sure you want to demote yourself?' %}')"{% endif %}>&#9660;</a> 
 				{% endif %}
 				{% if mod|hasPermission(config.mod.modlog) %}
 					<a class="unimportant" style="margin-left:5px;float:right" href="?/log:{{ user.username|e }}">[{% trans 'log' %}]</a>