diff --git a/inc/pluginutils.php b/inc/pluginutils.php
index c8eed85556b16c89efc664ce2cef4864017cf513..67ce191a341a91e28eb296419b6bbffd69f549a3 100644
--- a/inc/pluginutils.php
+++ b/inc/pluginutils.php
@@ -101,9 +101,11 @@ function &plugin_load($type,$name){
   }
 
   //try to load the wanted plugin file
-  if(!@include_once(DOKU_PLUGIN."$name/$type.php")){
+  if (file_exists(DOKU_PLUGIN."$name/$type.php")){
+    include_once(DOKU_PLUGIN."$name/$type.php");
+  }else{
     list($plugin, $component) = preg_split("/_/",$name, 2);
-    if (!$component || !@include_once(DOKU_PLUGIN."$plugin/$type/$component.php")) {
+    if (!$component || !include_once(DOKU_PLUGIN."$plugin/$type/$component.php")) {
         return null;
     }
   }