diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Automated_Information.pm b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Automated_Information.pm
index 154886007..d69865a8f 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Automated_Information.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Automated_Information.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package WebGUI::i18n::English::Automated_Information;
 
+##This module must not be preloaded, since it requires that $session
+##be populated when the module is use'ed.
+
 use WebGUI::Session;
 use WebGUI::International;
 
diff --git a/sbin/preload.perl b/sbin/preload.perl
index 001c2c6b3..449e780da 100644
--- a/sbin/preload.perl
+++ b/sbin/preload.perl
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ use WebGUI ();
 use WebGUI::Utility ();
 use File::Find ();
 my @modules = ();
-my @excludes = ();
+##The Automated_Information module includes code that requires that $session be active when it is
+##called.  By preloading it before $session is defined, it causes all of the generated information
+#to be empty
+my @excludes = qw(WebGUI::i18n::English::Automated_Information);
 open(FILE,"<".$webguiRoot."/sbin/preload.exclude");
 while (<FILE>) {
 	chomp;