diff --git a/src/listeners/verification/joinVC.ts b/src/listeners/verification/joinVC.ts
index 29e8316..9588ccd 100644
--- a/src/listeners/verification/joinVC.ts
+++ b/src/listeners/verification/joinVC.ts
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ export class VerificationJoinVCListener extends Listener {
       roles: {
         vegan: false,
         activist: false,
+        araVegan: false,
         trusted: false,
         vegCurious: false,
         convinced: false,
diff --git a/src/utils/verification.ts b/src/utils/verification.ts
index 4068da5..3f1fd2f 100644
--- a/src/utils/verification.ts
+++ b/src/utils/verification.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
   CategoryChannel,
   ChannelType,
   GuildMember,
-  PermissionsBitField,
+  PermissionsBitField, Snowflake,
   TextChannel,
   time,
   User,
@@ -135,12 +135,14 @@ export async function getVerificationRoles(
   roles: {
     vegan: boolean,
     activist: boolean,
+    araVegan: boolean
     trusted: boolean,
     vegCurious: boolean,
     convinced: boolean
   },
+  manual: boolean = false,
 ) {
-  const rolesAdd = [];
+  const rolesAdd: Snowflake[] = [];
   if (roles.convinced) {
     rolesAdd.push(IDs.roles.nonvegan.convinced);
   }
@@ -152,9 +154,12 @@ export async function getVerificationRoles(
   }
   if (roles.activist) {
     rolesAdd.push(IDs.roles.vegan.activist);
-  } else {
+  } else if (!manual) {
     rolesAdd.push(IDs.roles.verifyBlock);
   }
+  if (roles.araVegan) {
+    rolesAdd.push(IDs.roles.vegan.araVegan);
+  }
   if (roles.trusted) {
     rolesAdd.push(IDs.roles.trusted);
   }
@@ -168,6 +173,7 @@ export async function getVerificationRoles(
 export async function finishDM(user: User, roles: {
   vegan: boolean,
   activist: boolean,
+  araVegan: boolean,
   trusted: boolean,
   vegCurious: boolean,
   convinced: boolean
@@ -196,6 +202,7 @@ export async function finishVerifyMessages(
   roles: {
     vegan: boolean,
     activist: boolean,
+    araVegan: boolean
     trusted: boolean,
     vegCurious: boolean,
     convinced: boolean