Yea, I unfortunately don't know what to suggest, having tried it with the same game myself. I know that saying "it doesn't happen on my end" probably isn't all that helpful, but sometimes these sort of things happen depending on the system/configuration/etc, and it could be somewhat of a hint of that.
"UNCLE! What are you doing here in rome?"
"Oh I just happened to be passing by of course! We couldn't begin a game without a convenient entrance"
"UNCLE! What are you doing here in rome?"
"Oh I just happened to be passing by of course! We couldn't begin a game without a convenient entrance"