diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
index ee9926abe..1095443c5 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public class Essentials extends JavaPlugin implements IEssentials
 		pm.registerEvents(tntListener, this);
 
 
-		final EssentialsTimer timer = new EssentialsTimer(this);
+		timer = new EssentialsTimer(this);
 		getServer().getScheduler().scheduleSyncRepeatingTask(this, timer, 1, 100);
 		execTimer.mark("RegListeners");