diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Client.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Client.pm
index 38bac9122..2f8937b99 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Client.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Client.pm
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ sub scan_plugins {
   foreach (@plugins) {
     /.*\/([^\/]*).pm$/;
     my $modname = $1;
-    require "$_";
+    unless (eval { require "$_" }) { print "Error loading module $_  ...skipping\n"; next;}
     no strict 'refs';
     my $cmd_adds=${"xCAT_plugin::".$modname."::"}{handled_commands}->();
     foreach (keys %$cmd_adds) {
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/conserver.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/conserver.pm
index ae5e86a68..431405c51 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/conserver.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/conserver.pm
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ sub preprocess_request {
       my $rsp;
       $rsp->{data}->[0] = "In preprocess_request, request is " . Dumper(@requests);
       xCAT::MsgUtils->message("I", $rsp, $callback);
+   }
   }
   return \@requests;
 }
diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index 1533fc5d2..381838dcd 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -433,7 +433,11 @@ sub scan_plugins {
   foreach (@plugins) {
     /.*\/([^\/]*).pm$/;
     my $modname = $1;
-    require "$_";
+    unless ( eval { require "$_" }) {
+        xCAT::MsgUtils->message("S","Error loading module ".$_."  ...skipping");
+
+        next;
+    }
     no strict 'refs';
     my $cmd_adds=${"xCAT_plugin::".$modname."::"}{handled_commands}->();
     foreach (keys %$cmd_adds) {