diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 4e53fa1..7ae5542 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@
 ;;(pymacs-load "ropemacs" "rope-")
 
 ;; PHP and Drupal-Modes
-(require 'php-mode)
-(require 'drupal-mode)
+;; http://stackoverflow.com/questions/898063/making-php-mode-and-other-cc-mode-derived-modes-compatible-with-emacs-23
+;; Use autoload for php-mode and drupal-mode to avoid occasionaly errors on some
+;; systems when loading from init. See the above question on stack overflow
+(autoload 'php-mode "php-mode" "Major mode for editing php code." t)
+(autoload 'drupal-mode "drupal-mode" "Major mode for editing drupal php files." t)
+;(require 'php-mode)
+;(require 'drupal-mode)
 (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(module\\|test\\|install\\|theme\\)$" . drupal-mode))
 (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(php\\|inc\\)$" . php-mode))
 (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.info" . conf-windows-mode))