diff --git a/eid_bagofcrafting.lua b/eid_bagofcrafting.lua
index c443533d..94499797 100644
--- a/eid_bagofcrafting.lua
+++ b/eid_bagofcrafting.lua
@@ -513,8 +513,7 @@ local moddedCrafting = false
 -- Check for modded items past the known max item ID on game start (can also support game updates)
 -- Only works if the new items are at Weight 1.0 in their item pools, but better than nothing
 local function GameStartCrafting()
-	if EID.Config["BagOfCraftingModdedRecipes"] and not EID:PlayersHaveCollectible(CollectibleType.COLLECTIBLE_TMTRAINER) and EID.itemConfig:GetCollectible(EID.XMLMaxItemID+1) ~= nil then
-		dofile(EID.modPath .. "eid_xmldata.lua")
+	if EID.Config["BagOfCraftingModdedRecipes"] and not EID:PlayersHaveCollectible(CollectibleType.COLLECTIBLE_TMTRAINER) and EID.itemConfig:GetCollectible(EID.XMLMaxItemID+1) ~= nil and not moddedCrafting then
 		-- Items past max ID detected
 		CraftingMaxItemID = EID.XMLMaxItemID -- XMLMaxItemID is never modified
 		-- Add new item qualities
@@ -540,11 +539,6 @@ local function GameStartCrafting()
 		end
 		moddedCrafting = true
 		sortNeeded = true
-	elseif moddedCrafting then
-		-- we had modded items; they have since been disabled
-		dofile(EID.modPath .. "eid_xmldata.lua")
-		moddedCrafting = false
-		sortNeeded = true
 	end
 end
 EID:AddCallback(ModCallbacks.MC_POST_GAME_STARTED, GameStartCrafting)
diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index eda13053..4c783d12 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -826,6 +826,11 @@ EID.RecheckVoid = false
 function EID:onGameUpdate()
 	EID.GameUpdateCount = EID.GameUpdateCount + 1
 	EID:checkPlayersForMissingItems()
+	
+	-- Fix some outdated mods erroneously setting the REPENTANCE constant to false
+	if EID.GameVersion == "rep" and REPENTANCE == false then
+		REPENTANCE = true
+	end
 
 	if collSpawned then
 		collSpawned = false