diff --git a/VotingPlugin/src/com/bencodez/votingplugin/config/ShopFile.java b/VotingPlugin/src/com/bencodez/votingplugin/config/ShopFile.java
index 8be0d76bf..265c94c57 100644
--- a/VotingPlugin/src/com/bencodez/votingplugin/config/ShopFile.java
+++ b/VotingPlugin/src/com/bencodez/votingplugin/config/ShopFile.java
@@ -172,10 +172,11 @@ public void onFileCreation() {
 		plugin.saveResource("Shop.yml", true);
 		reloadData();
 		// auto conversion
-		if (!plugin.getGui().isJustCreated()) {
+		if (!plugin.getGui().isJustCreated() && !plugin.getServerData().isVoteShopConverted()) {
 			plugin.getLogger().warning("Converting VoteShop configuration to Shop.yml from GUI.yml");
 			convertFromGUIFile();
 		}
+		plugin.getServerData().setShopConverted(true);
 	}
 
 	public void convertFromGUIFile() {
diff --git a/VotingPlugin/src/com/bencodez/votingplugin/data/ServerData.java b/VotingPlugin/src/com/bencodez/votingplugin/data/ServerData.java
index 0a6137213..42f2ab592 100644
--- a/VotingPlugin/src/com/bencodez/votingplugin/data/ServerData.java
+++ b/VotingPlugin/src/com/bencodez/votingplugin/data/ServerData.java
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ public void addAutoCachedPlaceholder(String placeholder) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public void setShopConverted(boolean value) {
+		getData().set("VoteShopConverted", value);
+		saveData();
+	}
+
+	public boolean isVoteShopConverted() {
+		return getData().getBoolean("VoteShopConverted");
+	}
+
 	public void updatePlaceholders() {
 		boolean data = getData().getBoolean("AutoCacheUpdated", false);
 		if (!data) {