diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index 3aa68707..5597ce3a 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { Configs } from "./data/Configs";
 import moment from "moment-timezone";
 import { Client, TextChannel } from "eris";
 import { connect } from "./data/db";
-import { globalPlugins, guildPlugins } from "./plugins/availablePlugins";
+import { baseGuildPlugins, globalPlugins, guildPlugins } from "./plugins/availablePlugins";
 import { errorMessage, isDiscordHTTPError, isDiscordRESTError, successMessage } from "./utils";
 import { startUptimeCounter } from "./uptime";
 import { AllowedGuilds } from "./data/AllowedGuilds";
@@ -156,8 +156,10 @@ connect().then(async () => {
        */
       async getEnabledGuildPlugins(ctx, plugins): Promise<string[]> {
         const configuredPlugins = ctx.config.plugins || [];
+        const basePluginNames = baseGuildPlugins.map(p => p.name);
 
         return Array.from(plugins.keys()).filter(pluginName => {
+          if (basePluginNames.includes(pluginName)) return true;
           return configuredPlugins[pluginName] && configuredPlugins[pluginName].enabled !== false;
         });
       },
diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/availablePlugins.ts b/backend/src/plugins/availablePlugins.ts
index fb74aa5d..158b3d7b 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/availablePlugins.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/availablePlugins.ts
@@ -69,3 +69,13 @@ export const globalPlugins = [
   GuildConfigReloaderPlugin,
   BotControlPlugin,
 ];
+
+// prettier-ignore
+export const baseGuildPlugins: Array<ZeppelinPluginBlueprint<any>> = [
+  GuildInfoSaverPlugin,
+  MessageSaverPlugin,
+  NameHistoryPlugin,
+  CasesPlugin,
+  MutesPlugin,
+  // TODO: Replace these with proper dependencies
+];