diff --git a/rails/init.rb b/rails/init.rb
index c6a8cea..e22a456 100644
--- a/rails/init.rb
+++ b/rails/init.rb
@@ -1 +1,13 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "init")
+# Copyright (c) 2010 Michael Dvorkin
+#
+# Awesome Print is freely distributable under the terms of MIT license.
+# See LICENSE file or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Load awesome_print when installed as Rails 2.3.x plugin.
+#
+# NOTE: After Rails 2.3.x console loads awesome_print/lib/ap.rb it attempts
+# to load this file as well.  Make sure to check whether the awesome_print
+# is already loaded to avoid Ruby stack overflow when extending core classes.
+#
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "init") unless defined?(AwesomePrint)