diff --git a/kohana-for-wordpress.php b/kohana-for-wordpress.php
index 5289da1..4fcc7d6 100644
--- a/kohana-for-wordpress.php
+++ b/kohana-for-wordpress.php
@@ -491,8 +491,10 @@ function kohana_the_content_filter($content)
 				break;
 		}
 	}
-	
-	
+
+	// Make sure $content is a string at this point (could be a View object or anything that implements __toString())
+	$content = (string)$content;
+
 	// Look for any Kohana requests that are dropped directly into the content
 	$tag = "/\[request(.*?)\\]/";
 	$matches = array();
diff --git a/kohana_bootstrap.php b/kohana_bootstrap.php
index 52cc7dc..eff2378 100644
--- a/kohana_bootstrap.php
+++ b/kohana_bootstrap.php
@@ -55,15 +55,6 @@
 }
 Kohana::init(array('charset' => 'utf-8', 'base_url' => $kohana_base_url ));
 
-/**		**** Enable modules as defined in plugin settings
- * Enable modules. Modules are referenced by a relative or absolute path.
- */
-$k_mods = explode(',', get_option('kohana_modules') );
-foreach( $k_mods as $km ){
-	$mods[trim($km)] = MODPATH.trim($km);
-}
-Kohana::modules($mods);
-
 /**
 * Attach the file write to logging. Multiple writers are supported.
 */
@@ -74,6 +65,15 @@
 */
 Kohana::$config->attach(new Kohana_Config_File);
 
+/**		**** Enable modules as defined in plugin settings
+ * Enable modules. Modules are referenced by a relative or absolute path.
+ */
+$k_mods = explode(',', get_option('kohana_modules') );
+foreach( $k_mods as $km ){
+	$mods[trim($km)] = MODPATH.trim($km);
+}
+Kohana::modules($mods);
+
 /**
  * Set the routes. Each route must have a minimum of a name, a URI and a set of
  * defaults for the URI.