diff --git a/src/de/steamwar/bungeecore/BungeeCore.java b/src/de/steamwar/bungeecore/BungeeCore.java
index 0b71cb5..6b46fbb 100644
--- a/src/de/steamwar/bungeecore/BungeeCore.java
+++ b/src/de/steamwar/bungeecore/BungeeCore.java
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ public class BungeeCore extends Plugin {
             Team.clearCache();
         }, 1, 1, TimeUnit.HOURS);
 
-        new SteamwarDiscordBot();
+        if (SteamwarDiscordBotConfig.loaded) {
+            new SteamwarDiscordBot();
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -267,7 +269,9 @@ public class BungeeCore extends Plugin {
         );
 
         ArenaMode.init(config.getSection("games"));
-        SteamwarDiscordBotConfig.loadConfig(config.getSection("discord"));
+        if (config.getSection("discord") != null) {
+            SteamwarDiscordBotConfig.loadConfig(config.getSection("discord"));
+        }
 
         final Configuration servers = config.getSection("servers");
         for(final String serverName : servers.getKeys()){
diff --git a/src/de/steamwar/bungeecore/bot/config/SteamwarDiscordBotConfig.java b/src/de/steamwar/bungeecore/bot/config/SteamwarDiscordBotConfig.java
index f69a3ac..34c65e8 100644
--- a/src/de/steamwar/bungeecore/bot/config/SteamwarDiscordBotConfig.java
+++ b/src/de/steamwar/bungeecore/bot/config/SteamwarDiscordBotConfig.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 public class SteamwarDiscordBotConfig {
 
+    public static boolean loaded = false;
     public static String TOKEN;
     public static String GUILD;
     public static String ANNOUNCEMENTS_CHANNEL;
@@ -110,5 +111,6 @@ public class SteamwarDiscordBotConfig {
         for (String type : ranksSections.getKeys()) {
             RANKS.put(UserGroup.getUsergroup(type), ranksSections.getString(type));
         }
+        loaded = true;
     }
 }