diff --git a/pluginHandler.js b/pluginHandler.js
index 47f561b6..e324cb21 100644
--- a/pluginHandler.js
+++ b/pluginHandler.js
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ module.exports.pluginHandler = function (parent) {
                 QA('p19headers', '<span ' + defaultOn + ' onclick="return pluginHandler.callPluginPage(\\''+d.tabId+'\\', this);">'+d.tabTitle+'</span>');
                 QA('p19pages', '<div id="' + d.tabId + '"></div>');
             }
+            QV('MainDevPlugins', true);
         };
         obj.callPluginPage = function(id, el) {
             var pages = Q('p19pages').querySelectorAll("#p19pages>div"); 
diff --git a/views/default.handlebars b/views/default.handlebars
index bc35201c..654343f7 100644
--- a/views/default.handlebars
+++ b/views/default.handlebars
@@ -4528,7 +4528,7 @@
                 QV('MainDevFiles', ((mesh.mtype == 2) && ((node.agent == null) || (node.agent.caps == null) || ((node.agent.caps & 4) != 0))) && (meshrights & 8) && fileAccess);
                 QV('MainDevAmt', (node.intelamt != null) && ((node.intelamt.state == 2) || (node.conn & 2)) && (meshrights & 8) && amtAccess);
                 QV('MainDevConsole', (consoleRights && (mesh.mtype == 2) && ((node.agent == null) || (node.agent.caps == null) || ((node.agent.caps & 8) != 0))) && (meshrights & 8));
-                QV('MainDevPlugins', pluginHandler != null);
+                QV('MainDevPlugins', false);
                 QV('p15uploadCore', (node.agent != null) && (node.agent.caps != null) && ((node.agent.caps & 16) != 0));
                 QH('p15coreName', ((node.agent != null) && (node.agent.core != null))?node.agent.core:'');