diff --git a/Aaru.Gui/ViewModels/Windows/SplashWindowViewModel.cs b/Aaru.Gui/ViewModels/Windows/SplashWindowViewModel.cs
index 0f4c5b411..3115961de 100644
--- a/Aaru.Gui/ViewModels/Windows/SplashWindowViewModel.cs
+++ b/Aaru.Gui/ViewModels/Windows/SplashWindowViewModel.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public sealed class SplashWindowViewModel(SplashWindow view) : ViewModelBase
     internal void OnOpened()
     {
         Message         = UI.Welcome_to_Aaru;
-        MaxProgress     = 9;
+        MaxProgress     = 10;
         CurrentProgress = 0;
 
         Dispatcher.UIThread.Post(InitializeConsole);
@@ -268,6 +268,20 @@ public sealed class SplashWindowViewModel(SplashWindow view) : ViewModelBase
         {
             Encoding.RegisterProvider(CodePagesEncodingProvider.Instance);
 
+            Dispatcher.UIThread.Post(RegisterPlugins);
+        });
+    }
+
+    // There are too many places that depend on this being inited to be sure all are covered, so init it here.
+    void RegisterPlugins()
+    {
+        CurrentProgress++;
+        Message = UI.Registering_plugins;
+        AaruConsole.WriteLine(UI.Registering_plugins);
+
+        Task.Run(() =>
+        {
+            PluginBase.Init();
             Dispatcher.UIThread.Post(SaveStatistics);
         });
     }
diff --git a/Aaru/Main.cs b/Aaru/Main.cs
index 8922d0a62..df6966cf3 100644
--- a/Aaru/Main.cs
+++ b/Aaru/Main.cs
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ class MainClass
 
         Encoding.RegisterProvider(CodePagesEncodingProvider.Instance);
 
+        // There are too many places that depend on this being inited to be sure all are covered, so init it here.
+        PluginBase.Init();
+
         var rootCommand = new RootCommand();
 
         rootCommand.AddGlobalOption(new Option<bool>(new[]