diff --git a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java
index 449dcdac..6654fd94 100644
--- a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java
+++ b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/bukkit/WorldGuardPlugin.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import com.sk89q.worldguard.bukkit.commands.CommandHandler.InsufficientPermissionsException;
 import com.sk89q.worldguard.protection.TimedFlagsTimer;
 import com.sk89q.worldguard.protection.regionmanager.GlobalRegionManager;
+import com.sk89q.worldguard.protection.regions.flags.Flags;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ public class WorldGuardPlugin extends JavaPlugin {
      */
     public void onEnable() {
         getDataFolder().mkdirs();
+        Flags.Init();
         globalRegionManager.onEnable();
 
         // Register events
diff --git a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/regions/flags/Flags.java b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/regions/flags/Flags.java
index ca05bff5..1b3b703a 100644
--- a/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/regions/flags/Flags.java
+++ b/src/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/regions/flags/Flags.java
@@ -75,4 +75,10 @@ public enum FlagType {
     public static RegionGroupRegionFlagInfo TELE_PERM = new RegionGroupRegionFlagInfo("teleperm", FlagType.TELE_PERM);
     public static RegionGroupRegionFlagInfo SPAWN_PERM = new RegionGroupRegionFlagInfo("spawnperm", FlagType.SPAWN_PERM);
 
+    
+    private static int initCount = 0;
+
+    static public void Init() {
+        initCount++;
+    }
 }