diff --git a/OpenSim/Grid/GridServer/GridServerBase.cs b/OpenSim/Grid/GridServer/GridServerBase.cs
index 263866a439..a22f6851d7 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Grid/GridServer/GridServerBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Grid/GridServer/GridServerBase.cs
@@ -118,8 +118,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Grid.GridServer
 
         protected void LoadGridPlugins()
         {
+            // Temporary hack to stop mono-addins scanning warnings from coming out on the console
+            TextWriter oldOutput = Console.Out;
+            Console.SetOut(new StreamWriter(Stream.Null));
+            
             AddinManager.Initialize(".");
             AddinManager.Registry.Update(null);
+            
+            // Returns the console.writelines back to the console's stream
+            Console.SetOut(oldOutput);            
 
             ExtensionNodeList nodes = AddinManager.GetExtensionNodes("/OpenSim/GridServer");
             foreach (TypeExtensionNode node in nodes)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs
index bd1811667d..d790e41ecb 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimMain.cs
@@ -157,14 +157,14 @@ namespace OpenSim
             if (Directory.Exists("addin-db-001"))
                 Directory.Delete("addin-db-001", true);
 
-            //This blocks the scanning warnings from outputing to the console.
+            // This blocks the scanning warnings from outputing to the console.
             TextWriter oldOutput = Console.Out;
             Console.SetOut(new StreamWriter(Stream.Null));
 
             AddinManager.Initialize(".");
             AddinManager.Registry.Update(null);
 
-            //Returns the console.writelines back to the console's stream
+            // Returns the console.writelines back to the console's stream
             Console.SetOut(oldOutput);
 
             Application.iniFilePath = startupConfig.GetString("inifile", "OpenSim.ini");