diff --git a/plugins/disabled-StemPort/__init__.py b/plugins/disabled-StemPort/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ce4d973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/disabled-StemPort/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+try:
+    from stem.control import Controller
+    stem_found = True
+except Exception, err:
+    print "STEM NOT FOUND! %s" % err
+    stem_found = False
+
+if stem_found:
+    print "Starting Stem plugin..."
+    import StemPortPlugin