diff --git a/src/Server.php b/src/Server.php
index 2b78580a8..3128a7c39 100644
--- a/src/Server.php
+++ b/src/Server.php
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ class Server{
 					$this->logger->emergency($this->language->translate(KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_server_devBuild_error3()));
 					$this->logger->emergency($this->language->translate(KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_server_devBuild_error4("settings.enable-dev-builds")));
 					$this->logger->emergency($this->language->translate(KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_server_devBuild_error5("https://github.com/pmmp/PocketMine-MP/releases")));
-					$this->forceShutdown();
+					$this->forceShutdownExit();
 
 					return;
 				}
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ class Server{
 				$pluginGraylist = PluginGraylist::fromArray(yaml_parse(file_get_contents($graylistFile)));
 			}catch(\InvalidArgumentException $e){
 				$this->logger->emergency("Failed to load $graylistFile: " . $e->getMessage());
-				$this->forceShutdown();
+				$this->forceShutdownExit();
 				return;
 			}
 			$this->pluginManager = new PluginManager($this, $this->configGroup->getPropertyBool("plugins.legacy-data-dir", true) ? null : Path::join($this->getDataPath(), "plugin_data"), $pluginGraylist);
@@ -1007,28 +1007,28 @@ class Server{
 			$this->pluginManager->loadPlugins($this->pluginPath, $loadErrorCount);
 			if($loadErrorCount > 0){
 				$this->logger->emergency($this->language->translate(KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_plugin_someLoadErrors()));
-				$this->forceShutdown();
+				$this->forceShutdownExit();
 				return;
 			}
 			if(!$this->enablePlugins(PluginEnableOrder::STARTUP())){
 				$this->logger->emergency($this->language->translate(KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_plugin_someEnableErrors()));
-				$this->forceShutdown();
+				$this->forceShutdownExit();
 				return;
 			}
 
 			if(!$this->startupPrepareWorlds()){
-				$this->forceShutdown();
+				$this->forceShutdownExit();
 				return;
 			}
 
 			if(!$this->enablePlugins(PluginEnableOrder::POSTWORLD())){
 				$this->logger->emergency($this->language->translate(KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_plugin_someEnableErrors()));
-				$this->forceShutdown();
+				$this->forceShutdownExit();
 				return;
 			}
 
 			if(!$this->startupPrepareNetworkInterfaces()){
-				$this->forceShutdown();
+				$this->forceShutdownExit();
 				return;
 			}
 
@@ -1456,6 +1456,11 @@ class Server{
 		}
 	}
 
+	private function forceShutdownExit() : void{
+		$this->forceShutdown();
+		Process::kill(Process::pid(), true);
+	}
+
 	public function forceShutdown() : void{
 		if($this->hasStopped){
 			return;
diff --git a/src/plugin/PluginManager.php b/src/plugin/PluginManager.php
index cf5959010..acffae53e 100644
--- a/src/plugin/PluginManager.php
+++ b/src/plugin/PluginManager.php
@@ -270,6 +270,17 @@ class PluginManager{
 
 				$name = $description->getName();
 
+				if($this->graylist !== null && !$this->graylist->isAllowed($name)){
+					$this->server->getLogger()->notice($this->server->getLanguage()->translate(KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_plugin_loadError(
+						$name,
+						$this->graylist->isWhitelist() ? KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_plugin_disallowedByWhitelist() : KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_plugin_disallowedByBlacklist()
+					)));
+					//this does NOT increment loadErrorCount, because using the graylist to prevent a plugin from
+					//loading is not considered accidental; this is the same as if the plugin were manually removed
+					//this means that the server will continue to boot even if some plugins were blocked by graylist
+					continue;
+				}
+
 				if(($loadabilityError = $loadabilityChecker->check($description)) !== null){
 					$this->server->getLogger()->critical($this->server->getLanguage()->translate(KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_plugin_loadError($name, $loadabilityError)));
 					$loadErrorCount++;
@@ -286,17 +297,6 @@ class PluginManager{
 					$this->server->getLogger()->warning($this->server->getLanguage()->translate(KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_plugin_spacesDiscouraged($name)));
 				}
 
-				if($this->graylist !== null && !$this->graylist->isAllowed($name)){
-					$this->server->getLogger()->notice($this->server->getLanguage()->translate(KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_plugin_loadError(
-						$name,
-						$this->graylist->isWhitelist() ? KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_plugin_disallowedByWhitelist() : KnownTranslationFactory::pocketmine_plugin_disallowedByBlacklist()
-					)));
-					//this does NOT increment loadErrorCount, because using the graylist to prevent a plugin from
-					//loading is not considered accidental; this is the same as if the plugin were manually removed
-					//this means that the server will continue to boot even if some plugins were blocked by graylist
-					continue;
-				}
-
 				$triage->plugins[$name] = new PluginLoadTriageEntry($file, $loader, $description);
 
 				$triage->softDependencies[$name] = array_merge($triage->softDependencies[$name] ?? [], $description->getSoftDepend());