diff --git a/src/install.js b/src/install.js
index cddbc4e079..97e66ded7d 100644
--- a/src/install.js
+++ b/src/install.js
@@ -414,17 +414,7 @@ function enableDefaultPlugins(next) {
 		'nodebb-plugin-soundpack-default'
 	];
 
-	async.each(defaultEnabled, function (pluginId, next) {
-		Plugins.isActive(pluginId, function (err, active) {
-			if (!active) {
-				Plugins.toggleActive(pluginId, function () {
-					next();
-				});
-			} else {
-				next();
-			}
-		});
-	}, next);
+	db.setAdd('plugins:active', defaultEnabled, next);
 }
 
 function setCopyrightWidget(next) {
diff --git a/src/plugins.js b/src/plugins.js
index ab5ecbae8f..92e1a1bdb4 100644
--- a/src/plugins.js
+++ b/src/plugins.js
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 		Plugins.lessFiles.length = 0;
 		Plugins.clientScripts.length = 0;
 
-		if (!middleware) {
-			var e = new Error('middleware undefined');
-			console.log(e.stack);
-		}
-
 		// Read the list of activated plugins and require their libraries
 		async.waterfall([
 			function(next) {