diff --git a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/generator/BukkitPlotGenerator.java b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/generator/BukkitPlotGenerator.java
index 5cbf70b47..7b7cbd2c3 100644
--- a/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/generator/BukkitPlotGenerator.java
+++ b/Bukkit/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/bukkit/generator/BukkitPlotGenerator.java
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ import com.plotsquared.core.plot.PlotArea;
 import com.plotsquared.core.plot.world.PlotAreaManager;
 import com.plotsquared.core.queue.ScopedQueueCoordinator;
 import com.plotsquared.core.util.ChunkManager;
-import com.sk89q.worldedit.WorldEdit;
-import com.sk89q.worldedit.extension.platform.Capability;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.math.BlockVector2;
 import org.bukkit.World;
 import org.bukkit.block.Biome;
@@ -135,9 +133,7 @@ public class BukkitPlotGenerator extends ChunkGenerator
 
     private synchronized void checkLoaded(@NonNull World world) {
         // Do not attempt to load configurations until WorldEdit has a platform ready.
-        try {
-            WorldEdit.getInstance().getPlatformManager().queryCapability(Capability.WORLD_EDITING);
-        } catch (Throwable t) {
+        if (!PlotSquared.get().isWeInitialised()) {
             return;
         }
         if (!this.loaded) {
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/PlotSquared.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/PlotSquared.java
index 9c9bb09f3..9ec881447 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/PlotSquared.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/PlotSquared.java
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ import com.plotsquared.core.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import com.plotsquared.core.util.task.TaskManager;
 import com.plotsquared.core.uuid.UUIDPipeline;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.WorldEdit;
+import com.sk89q.worldedit.event.platform.PlatformReadyEvent;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.math.BlockVector2;
+import com.sk89q.worldedit.util.eventbus.EventHandler;
+import com.sk89q.worldedit.util.eventbus.Subscribe;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.MonotonicNonNull;
@@ -153,6 +156,8 @@ public class PlotSquared {
     private EventDispatcher eventDispatcher;
     private PlotListener plotListener;
 
+    private boolean weInitialised;
+
     /**
      * Initialize PlotSquared with the desired Implementation class.
      *
@@ -223,6 +228,7 @@ public class PlotSquared {
             }
 
             this.worldedit = WorldEdit.getInstance();
+            WorldEdit.getInstance().getEventBus().register(new WEPlatformReadyListener());
 
             // Create Event utility class
             this.eventDispatcher = new EventDispatcher(this.worldedit);
@@ -1574,6 +1580,13 @@ public class PlotSquared {
         return this.plotListener;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get if the {@link PlatformReadyEvent} has been sent by WE. There is no way to query this within WE itself.
+     */
+    public boolean isWeInitialised() {
+        return weInitialised;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Different ways of sorting {@link Plot plots}
      */
@@ -1596,4 +1609,14 @@ public class PlotSquared {
         DISTANCE_FROM_ORIGIN
     }
 
+    private final class WEPlatformReadyListener {
+
+        @Subscribe(priority = EventHandler.Priority.VERY_EARLY)
+        public void onPlatformReady(PlatformReadyEvent event) {
+            weInitialised = true;
+            WorldEdit.getInstance().getEventBus().unregister(WEPlatformReadyListener.this);
+        }
+
+    }
+
 }