diff --git a/plugin.info.txt b/plugin.info.txt
index 73697e6..d47301f 100755
--- a/plugin.info.txt
+++ b/plugin.info.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 base credits
 author Myron Turner
 email turnermm02@shaw.ca
-date 2014-05-28
+date 2015-09-30
 name Credits Plugin
 desc Configurable Display of Plugin Credits
 url http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:credits
diff --git a/syntax.php b/syntax.php
index 0efed62..0032236 100755
--- a/syntax.php
+++ b/syntax.php
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ function store_plugins($type=""){
         if(!$type) return; 
         $plugins = plugin_list($type);
         foreach($plugins as $p){
-            if (!$po =& plugin_load($type,$p)) continue;
+            if (!$po = plugin_load($type,$p)) continue;
+            if(!method_exists($po,'getInfo')) continue;
             $info = $po->getInfo();           
             $this->plugins[$info['name']] = $info;              
             unset($po);