diff --git a/data/org.gnome.totem.gschema.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.totem.gschema.xml.in
index d2d0f221bd43e928ab5c28ff323e2dbd102094af..e4b65ef47c80f86bfdeb31e40dbd9b4d27bb4149 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.totem.gschema.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.totem.gschema.xml.in
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 			<summary>Whether to autoload text subtitle files when a movie is loaded</summary>
 		</key>
 		<key name="active-plugins" type="as">
-			<default>['skipto','chapters','screenshot','media_player_keys','screensaver','movie-properties','save-file']</default>
+			<default>[]</default>
 			<summary>Active plugins list</summary>
 			<description>A list of the names of the plugins which are currently active (loaded and running).</description>
 		</key>
diff --git a/src/plugins/opensubtitles/opensubtitles.py b/src/plugins/opensubtitles/opensubtitles.py
index 7396d80a6142667a1f3699824a79e9949709beb1..8f4be065f4ba640c340ac5065c3de18b3e5e1271 100644
--- a/src/plugins/opensubtitles/opensubtitles.py
+++ b/src/plugins/opensubtitles/opensubtitles.py
@@ -429,6 +429,10 @@ class OpenSubtitles (GObject.Object, # pylint: disable=R0902
         server = xmlrpc.client.Server ('http://api.opensubtitles.org/xml-rpc')
         self._model = OpenSubtitlesModel (server)
 
+        mrl = self._totem.get_current_mrl ()
+        if mrl:
+            self.__on_totem__file_opened(self._totem, self._totem.get_current_mrl ())
+
     def do_deactivate (self):
         if self._dialog:
             self._dialog.destroy ()
diff --git a/src/plugins/totem-plugins-engine.c b/src/plugins/totem-plugins-engine.c
index 62788e661135486f295d338b0e6e213085b3707d..77750d74cf0b125ed6a676eea6e5d559688b8809 100644
--- a/src/plugins/totem-plugins-engine.c
+++ b/src/plugins/totem-plugins-engine.c
@@ -133,11 +133,14 @@ totem_plugins_engine_get_default (TotemObject *totem)
 	g_signal_connect (engine->priv->activatable_extensions, "extension-removed",
 			  G_CALLBACK (on_activatable_extension_removed), engine);
 
-	g_settings_bind (engine->priv->settings, "active-plugins", engine, "loaded-plugins", G_SETTINGS_BIND_DEFAULT | G_SETTINGS_BIND_NO_SENSITIVITY);
+	g_settings_bind (engine->priv->settings, "active-plugins",
+			 engine, "loaded-plugins",
+			 G_SETTINGS_BIND_DEFAULT | G_SETTINGS_BIND_NO_SENSITIVITY);
 
 	/* Load builtin plugins */
 	plugin_infos = peas_engine_get_plugin_list (PEAS_ENGINE (engine));
 
+	g_object_freeze_notify (G_OBJECT (engine));
 	for (l = plugin_infos; l != NULL; l = l->next) {
 		PeasPluginInfo *plugin_info = PEAS_PLUGIN_INFO (l->data);
 
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ totem_plugins_engine_get_default (TotemObject *totem)
 			peas_engine_load_plugin (PEAS_ENGINE (engine), plugin_info);
 		}
 	}
+	g_object_thaw_notify (G_OBJECT (engine));
 
 	return engine;
 }