diff --git a/NominaOcculta/Obscurer.cs b/NominaOcculta/Obscurer.cs
index 7a229cb..fb41fea 100755
--- a/NominaOcculta/Obscurer.cs
+++ b/NominaOcculta/Obscurer.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace NominaOcculta {
 
         private void OnNamePlateUpdate(NamePlateUpdateEventArgs args) {
             // only replace nameplates that have objects in the table
-            if (!this.Plugin.Config.Enabled || args.ObjectId == 0xE0000000) {
+            if (!this.Plugin.Config.Enabled || !this.Plugin.NameRepository.Initialised || args.ObjectId == 0xE0000000) {
                 return;
             }