diff --git a/resource/plugin.yml b/resource/plugin.yml
index 36f5aea..39a1def 100644
--- a/resource/plugin.yml
+++ b/resource/plugin.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name: CommandPanels
 author: RockyHawk
 api-version: '1.13'
 description: Fully Custom GUIs. Make your Server Professional.
-softdepend: [Essentials, PlaceholderAPI, Vault, HeadDatabase, TokenManager, VotingPlugin, MMOItems, ChestSort]
+softdepend: [Essentials, PlaceholderAPI, Vault, HeadDatabase, TokenManager, VotingPlugin, MMOItems, ChestSort, floodgate]
 commands:
    commandpanel:
       description: Open a command panel.
diff --git a/src/me/rockyhawk/commandpanels/CommandPanels.java b/src/me/rockyhawk/commandpanels/CommandPanels.java
index a1a1f71..63674bd 100644
--- a/src/me/rockyhawk/commandpanels/CommandPanels.java
+++ b/src/me/rockyhawk/commandpanels/CommandPanels.java
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ public class CommandPanels extends JavaPlugin{
         this.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new ItemFallManager(this), this);
         this.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new OpenOnJoin(this), this);
         this.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new OutsideClickEvent(this), this);
-        this.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new OpenFloodgateGUI(this), this);
+
+        if (this.getServer().getPluginManager().isPluginEnabled("floodgate")) {
+            this.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents(new OpenFloodgateGUI(this), this);
+        }
 
         //load in the updater if requested
         if (Objects.requireNonNull(config.getString("updater.update-checks")).equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {