diff --git a/src/com/wimbli/WorldBorder/Config.java b/src/com/wimbli/WorldBorder/Config.java
index 67b42a1..51bbe8b 100644
--- a/src/com/wimbli/WorldBorder/Config.java
+++ b/src/com/wimbli/WorldBorder/Config.java
@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ public class Config
 
 
 
+	public static boolean isBorderTimerRunning()
+	{
+		if (borderTask == -1) return false;
+		return (plugin.getServer().getScheduler().isQueued(borderTask) || plugin.getServer().getScheduler().isCurrentlyRunning(borderTask));
+	}
+
 	public static void StartBorderTimer()
 	{
 		StopBorderTimer();
diff --git a/src/com/wimbli/WorldBorder/WBListener.java b/src/com/wimbli/WorldBorder/WBListener.java
index 214dc47..1f6d064 100644
--- a/src/com/wimbli/WorldBorder/WBListener.java
+++ b/src/com/wimbli/WorldBorder/WBListener.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
 import org.bukkit.event.EventPriority;
 import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
 import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerTeleportEvent;
+import org.bukkit.event.world.ChunkLoadEvent;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
 
 
@@ -22,4 +23,14 @@ public class WBListener implements Listener
 		if (newLoc != null)
 			event.setTo(newLoc);
 	}
+
+	@EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR)
+	public void onChunkLoad(ChunkLoadEvent event)
+	{
+		// make sure our border monitoring task is still running like it should
+		if (Config.isBorderTimerRunning()) return;
+
+		Config.LogWarn("Border-checking task was not running! Something on your server apparently killed it. It will now be restarted.");
+		Config.StartBorderTimer();
+	}
 }