diff --git a/src/httpserver.py b/src/httpserver.py
index 9d5f35fb8..3eb3851ed 100644
--- a/src/httpserver.py
+++ b/src/httpserver.py
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ class RealSupyHTTPServer(HTTPServer):
     running = False
     def hook(self, subdir, callback):
         if subdir in self.callbacks:
-            raise KeyError('This subdir is already hooked.')
-        else:
-            self.callbacks[subdir] = callback
+            log.warning(('The HTTP subdirectory `%s` was already hooked but '
+                    'has been claimed by another plugin (or maybe you '
+                    'reloaded the plugin and it didn\'t properly unhook. '
+                    'Forced unhook.') % subdir)
+        self.callbacks[subdir] = callback
     def unhook(self, subdir):
         callback = self.callbacks.pop(subdir) # May raise a KeyError. We don't care.
         callback.doUnhook(self)
diff --git a/src/version.py b/src/version.py
index f077fd43f..6e7231bf4 100644
--- a/src/version.py
+++ b/src/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """stick the various versioning attributes in here, so we only have to change
 them once."""
-version = '0.83.4.1+limnoria (2011-10-27T10:47:25+0200)'
+version = '0.83.4.1+limnoria (2011-10-27T10:47:59+0200)'