diff --git a/src/main/java/forestry/core/CreativeTabForestry.java b/src/main/java/forestry/core/CreativeTabForestry.java
index 74dfa842c..77172eeb5 100755
--- a/src/main/java/forestry/core/CreativeTabForestry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forestry/core/CreativeTabForestry.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 package forestry.core;
 
+import forestry.plugins.PluginManager;
 import net.minecraft.creativetab.CreativeTabs;
 import net.minecraft.item.Item;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
@@ -23,9 +24,14 @@ import forestry.core.config.ForestryItem;
 public class CreativeTabForestry extends CreativeTabs {
 
 	static {
-		Tabs.tabApiculture = new CreativeTabForestry(1, "apiculture");
-		Tabs.tabArboriculture = new CreativeTabForestry(2, "arboriculture");
-		Tabs.tabLepidopterology = new CreativeTabForestry(3, "lepidopterology");
+		if (PluginManager.Module.APICULTURE.isEnabled())
+			Tabs.tabApiculture = new CreativeTabForestry(1, "apiculture");
+
+		if (PluginManager.Module.ARBORICULTURE.isEnabled())
+			Tabs.tabArboriculture = new CreativeTabForestry(2, "arboriculture");
+
+		if (PluginManager.Module.LEPIDOPTEROLOGY.isEnabled())
+			Tabs.tabLepidopterology = new CreativeTabForestry(3, "lepidopterology");
 	}
 	public static final CreativeTabs tabForestry = new CreativeTabForestry(0, "forestry");
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginStorage.java b/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginStorage.java
index 89d991511..e7139023d 100755
--- a/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginStorage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forestry/plugins/PluginStorage.java
@@ -244,13 +244,19 @@ public class PluginStorage extends ForestryPlugin implements IOreDictionaryHandl
 		ForestryItem.crate.registerItem((new ItemForestry()), "crate");
 
 		// BACKPACKS
-		BackpackDefinition definition = new BackpackDefinitionApiarist("apiarist", 0xc4923d);
-		BackpackManager.definitions.put(definition.getKey(), definition);
-		ForestryItem.apiaristBackpack.registerItem(new ItemNaturalistBackpack(GuiId.ApiaristBackpackGUI.ordinal(), definition).setCreativeTab(Tabs.tabApiculture), "apiaristBag");
+		BackpackDefinition definition;
 
-		definition = new BackpackDefinitionLepidopterist("lepidopterist", 0x995b31);
-		BackpackManager.definitions.put(definition.getKey(), definition);
-		ForestryItem.lepidopteristBackpack.registerItem(new ItemNaturalistBackpack(GuiId.LepidopteristBackpackGUI.ordinal(), definition).setCreativeTab(Tabs.tabLepidopterology), "lepidopteristBag");
+		if (PluginManager.Module.APICULTURE.isEnabled()) {
+			definition = new BackpackDefinitionApiarist("apiarist", 0xc4923d);
+			BackpackManager.definitions.put(definition.getKey(), definition);
+			ForestryItem.apiaristBackpack.registerItem(new ItemNaturalistBackpack(GuiId.ApiaristBackpackGUI.ordinal(), definition).setCreativeTab(Tabs.tabApiculture), "apiaristBag");
+		}
+
+		if (PluginManager.Module.LEPIDOPTEROLOGY.isEnabled()) {
+			definition = new BackpackDefinitionLepidopterist("lepidopterist", 0x995b31);
+			BackpackManager.definitions.put(definition.getKey(), definition);
+			ForestryItem.lepidopteristBackpack.registerItem(new ItemNaturalistBackpack(GuiId.LepidopteristBackpackGUI.ordinal(), definition).setCreativeTab(Tabs.tabLepidopterology), "lepidopteristBag");
+		}
 
 		definition = new BackpackDefinition("miner", 0x36187d);
 		BackpackManager.definitions.put(definition.getKey(), definition);