diff --git a/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/PlaceholderAPIPlugin.java b/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/PlaceholderAPIPlugin.java
index 834c616..07aaf25 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/PlaceholderAPIPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/PlaceholderAPIPlugin.java
@@ -132,8 +132,6 @@ public class PlaceholderAPIPlugin extends JavaPlugin {
     setupOptions();
     getCommand("placeholderapi").setExecutor(new PlaceholderAPICommands(this));
     new PlaceholderListener(this);
-    getLogger().info("Placeholder expansion registration initializing...");
-    expansionManager.registerAllExpansions();
     if (config.checkUpdates()) {
       new UpdateChecker(this).fetch();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/PlaceholderListener.java b/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/PlaceholderListener.java
index f4b6505..1edcde8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/PlaceholderListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/PlaceholderListener.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerQuitEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.server.PluginDisableEvent;
 import org.bukkit.event.server.PluginEnableEvent;
+import org.bukkit.event.server.ServerLoadEvent;
 
 
 public class PlaceholderListener implements Listener {
@@ -50,6 +51,12 @@ public class PlaceholderListener implements Listener {
     Bukkit.getPluginManager().registerEvents(this, instance);
   }
 
+  @EventHandler
+  public void onServerLoad(ServerLoadEvent e) {
+    plugin.getLogger().info("Placeholder expansion registration initializing...");
+    plugin.getExpansionManager().registerAllExpansions();
+  }
+
   @EventHandler
   public void onExpansionUnregister(ExpansionUnregisterEvent event) {