diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/Plugins.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/Plugins.pm
index 681acc7b..3b7339a0 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/Plugins.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/Plugins.pm
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ sub autoload {
 
         $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("  $plugin\n");
 
-        $plugin_count++ if $self->load($plugin, %conf);
+        if ($self->load($plugin, %conf)) {
+            $plugin_count++
+        } else {
+            die "Plugin $plugin failed to autoload. You may remove it from $data_dir/plugin_autoload.\n";
+        }
     }
 
     $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("$plugin_count plugin" . ($plugin_count == 1 ? '' : 's') . " loaded.\n");
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index a1ad1ade..adf60217 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use PBot::Imports;
 # These are set by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4331,
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4332,
     BUILD_DATE     => "2021-07-31",
 };