diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
index ae886aab7..99063111a 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ public class Essentials extends JavaPlugin implements IEssentials
 
 	public void onEnable()
 	{
+		if (!Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[5].getMethodName().equals("loadPlugin")) {
+			logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Another plugin is trying to enable Essentials manually. Don't do this! It's probably "
+					+ Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[5].getClassName());
+		}
 		if (enableErrorLogging)
 		{
 			logger.addHandler(errorHandler);
diff --git a/EssentialsGroupBridge/src/com/nijikokun/bukkit/Permissions/Permissions.java b/EssentialsGroupBridge/src/com/nijikokun/bukkit/Permissions/Permissions.java
index cf0d09a35..153747ad1 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupBridge/src/com/nijikokun/bukkit/Permissions/Permissions.java
+++ b/EssentialsGroupBridge/src/com/nijikokun/bukkit/Permissions/Permissions.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.nijikokun.bukkit.Permissions;
 import com.nijiko.Misc;
 import com.nijiko.configuration.DefaultConfiguration;
 import com.nijiko.permissions.PermissionHandler;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import org.anjocaido.groupmanager.GroupManager;
 import org.anjocaido.groupmanager.permissions.NijikoPermissionsProxy;
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ public class Permissions extends JavaPlugin {
 
     @Override
     public void onEnable() {
+		if (!Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[5].getMethodName().equals("loadPlugin")) {
+			Logger.getLogger("Minecraft").log(Level.SEVERE, "Another plugin is trying to enable Essentials manually. Don't do this! It's probably "
+					+ Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[5].getClassName());
+		}
         Server = this.getServer();
         PluginDescriptionFile pdfFile = this.getDescription();
 
diff --git a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/GroupManager.java b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/GroupManager.java
index 1594755de..64db276d2 100644
--- a/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/GroupManager.java
+++ b/EssentialsGroupManager/src/org/anjocaido/groupmanager/GroupManager.java
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ public class GroupManager extends JavaPlugin {
 
     @Override
     public void onEnable() {
+		if (!Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[5].getMethodName().equals("loadPlugin")) {
+			logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Another plugin is trying to enable Essentials manually. Don't do this! It's probably "
+					+ Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[5].getClassName());
+		}
         GroupManager.logger.setUseParentHandlers(false);
         GMLoggerHandler ch = new GMLoggerHandler();
         GroupManager.logger.addHandler(ch);