diff --git a/Toolset/libraries/revidelibrary.8.livecodescript b/Toolset/libraries/revidelibrary.8.livecodescript
index 636734d37c..8a598f5246 100644
--- a/Toolset/libraries/revidelibrary.8.livecodescript
+++ b/Toolset/libraries/revidelibrary.8.livecodescript
@@ -6516,14 +6516,7 @@ on revIDETogglePaletteView
    unlock screen
 end revIDETogglePaletteView
 
-on revIDEPopupContextualMenu pTargets
-   dispatch "revMenubarPopupContextualMenu" to stack revIDEPaletteToStackName("menubar") with pTargets
-end revIDEPopupContextualMenu
-
-local sPluginsA
-on revIDEUpdatePlugins
-   global gREVStartupList, gREVShutdownlist, gREVDontLoadMenus
-   
+function revIDEGetAllPlugins
    local tUserPlugins
    put revAbsoluteFolderListing(revEnvironmentUserPluginsPath()) into tUserPlugins
    
@@ -6539,6 +6532,19 @@ on revIDEUpdatePlugins
    if tDevelopmentPlugins is not empty then
       put revCombineFilePaths(tFinal,tDevelopmentPlugins) into tFinal
    end if
+   return tFinal
+end revIDEGetAllPlugins
+   
+on revIDEPopupContextualMenu pTargets
+   dispatch "revMenubarPopupContextualMenu" to stack revIDEPaletteToStackName("menubar") with pTargets
+end revIDEPopupContextualMenu
+
+local sPluginsA
+on revIDEUpdatePlugins
+   global gREVStartupList, gREVShutdownlist, gREVDontLoadMenus
+   
+   local tFinal
+   put revIDEGetAllPlugins() into tFinal
    
    put empty into gREVStartupList
    put empty into gREVShutdownList
diff --git a/Toolset/palettes/start center/revStartCenterBehavior.livecodescript b/Toolset/palettes/start center/revStartCenterBehavior.livecodescript
index c39955a561..f55c4a7e4b 100644
--- a/Toolset/palettes/start center/revStartCenterBehavior.livecodescript	
+++ b/Toolset/palettes/start center/revStartCenterBehavior.livecodescript	
@@ -93,7 +93,14 @@ on ideOpenStack pTarget
       exit ideOpenStack
    end if
    
-   if the short name of ideStackOfObject(pTarget) is not the short name of me then
+   local tTargetStack
+   put the short name of ideStackOfObject(pTarget) into tTargetStack
+   
+   local tPlugins
+   put revIDEGetAllPlugins() into tPlugins
+   
+   if tTargetStack is not the short name of me and \
+         the filename of stack tTargetStack is not among the lines of tPlugins then
       startCenterClose
    end if
 end ideOpenStack
diff --git a/notes/bugfix-17683.md b/notes/bugfix-17683.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06f06a7ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/bugfix-17683.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Ensure Start Center stays open when a Plugin opens on startup