diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index a081759..d6067e5 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/trashcan.lua")
 dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/wielder.lua")
 
 local logicdir = "/new_flow_logic/"
--- note that pipes still don't appear until registered in the files below this one, so can still be turned off
+
+-- note that even with these files the new flow logic is not yet default
+dofile(pipeworks.modpath..logicdir.."abms.lua")
+dofile(pipeworks.modpath..logicdir.."abm_register.lua")
 dofile(pipeworks.modpath..logicdir.."flowable_node_registry.lua")
 
 if pipeworks.enable_pipes then dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/pipes.lua") end
@@ -124,8 +127,6 @@ if pipeworks.enable_teleport_tube then dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/teleport_tube
 if pipeworks.enable_pipe_devices then dofile(pipeworks.modpath.."/devices.lua") end
 -- individual enable flags also checked in register_local_pipes.lua
 if pipeworks.enable_new_flow_logic then
-	dofile(pipeworks.modpath..logicdir.."abms.lua")
-	dofile(pipeworks.modpath..logicdir.."abm_register.lua")
 	dofile(pipeworks.modpath..logicdir.."register_local_pipes.lua")
 end