diff --git a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java
index e0c2f6d8..23b2dc5a 100644
--- a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java
+++ b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import com.sk89q.worldguard.bukkit.commands.CommandHandler;
 import com.sk89q.worldguard.protection.TimedFlagsTimer;
 import com.sk89q.worldguard.protection.regionmanager.GlobalRegionManager;
+import com.sk89q.worldguard.protection.regions.flags.Flags;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 /**
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ public class WorldGuardPlugin extends JavaPlugin {
      */
     public void onEnable() {
 
+        Flags.Init();
+
         getDataFolder().mkdirs();
         globalRegionManager.onEnable();
 
diff --git a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/regions/flags/Flags.java b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/regions/flags/Flags.java
index 9602cffd..c0d3ef9f 100644
--- a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/regions/flags/Flags.java
+++ b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/regions/flags/Flags.java
@@ -74,4 +74,16 @@ public enum FlagType {
     // RegionGroup flags
     public static RegionGroupRegionFlagInfo TELE_PERM = new RegionGroupRegionFlagInfo("teleperm", FlagType.TELE_PERM);
     public static RegionGroupRegionFlagInfo SPAWN_PERM = new RegionGroupRegionFlagInfo("spawnperm", FlagType.SPAWN_PERM);
+
+
+    private static Integer initCount = 0;
+
+    public static void Init()
+    {
+        // this will init all static fields
+
+        // change some field's value to make sure this function
+        // is not erased for optimization
+        initCount++;
+    }
 }