diff --git a/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-captions/decklink-captions.cpp b/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-captions/decklink-captions.cpp
index dc15ea35b..53b37a826 100644
--- a/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-captions/decklink-captions.cpp
+++ b/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-captions/decklink-captions.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,13 @@ void addOutputUI(void)
 
 bool obs_module_load(void)
 {
-	addOutputUI();
-
 	return true;
 }
+
+void obs_module_post_load(void)
+{
+	if (!obs_get_module("decklink"))
+		return;
+
+	addOutputUI();
+}
diff --git a/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/decklink-ui-main.cpp b/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/decklink-ui-main.cpp
index 7be119a34..6e42fbbe9 100644
--- a/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/decklink-ui-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/decklink-ui-main.cpp
@@ -340,10 +340,6 @@ static void OBSEvent(enum obs_frontend_event event, void *)
 
 bool obs_module_load(void)
 {
-	addOutputUI();
-
-	obs_frontend_add_event_callback(OBSEvent, nullptr);
-
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -357,3 +353,13 @@ void obs_module_unload(void)
 	if (main_output_running)
 		output_stop();
 }
+
+void obs_module_post_load(void)
+{
+	if (!obs_get_module("decklink"))
+		return;
+
+	addOutputUI();
+
+	obs_frontend_add_event_callback(OBSEvent, nullptr);
+}
diff --git a/plugins/decklink/plugin-main.cpp b/plugins/decklink/plugin-main.cpp
index ee46edd27..fc87cd256 100644
--- a/plugins/decklink/plugin-main.cpp
+++ b/plugins/decklink/plugin-main.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ struct obs_source_info decklink_source_info;
 extern struct obs_output_info create_decklink_output_info();
 struct obs_output_info decklink_output_info;
 
-void log_sdk_version()
+bool log_sdk_version()
 {
 	IDeckLinkIterator *deckLinkIterator;
 	IDeckLinkAPIInformation *deckLinkAPIInformation;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void log_sdk_version()
 	if (deckLinkIterator == NULL) {
 		blog(LOG_WARNING,
 		     "A DeckLink iterator could not be created.  The DeckLink drivers may not be installed");
-		return;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	result = deckLinkIterator->QueryInterface(
@@ -45,15 +45,18 @@ void log_sdk_version()
 
 		deckLinkAPIInformation->Release();
 	}
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 bool obs_module_load(void)
 {
-	log_sdk_version();
+	if (!log_sdk_version())
+		return false;
 
 	deviceEnum = new DeckLinkDeviceDiscovery();
 	if (!deviceEnum->Init())
-		return true;
+		return false;
 
 	decklink_source_info = create_decklink_source_info();
 	obs_register_source(&decklink_source_info);