diff --git a/modules/modperl/module.h b/modules/modperl/module.h
index 92bb658e..fc797c1c 100644
--- a/modules/modperl/module.h
+++ b/modules/modperl/module.h
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ class CPerlModule : public CModule {
 	VWebSubPages* _GetSubPages();
 public:
 	CPerlModule(CUser* pUser, CIRCNetwork* pNetwork, const CString& sModName, const CString& sDataPath,
-			SV* perlObj)
-			: CModule(nullptr, pUser, pNetwork, sModName, sDataPath) {
+			CModInfo::EModuleType eType, SV* perlObj)
+			: CModule(nullptr, pUser, pNetwork, sModName, sDataPath, eType) {
 		m_perlObj = newSVsv(perlObj);
 	}
 	SV* GetPerlObj() {
diff --git a/modules/modperl/startup.pl b/modules/modperl/startup.pl
index 55d095ea..0a5e0f45 100644
--- a/modules/modperl/startup.pl
+++ b/modules/modperl/startup.pl
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ sub LoadModule {
 	$modrefcount{$modname}++;
 	$datapath = $datapath->GetPerlStr;
 	$datapath =~ s/\.pm$//;
-	my $cmod = ZNC::CPerlModule->new($user, $network, $modname, $datapath, $pmod);
+	my $cmod = ZNC::CPerlModule->new($user, $network, $modname, $datapath, $type, $pmod);
 	my %nv;
 	tie %nv, 'ZNC::ModuleNV', $cmod;
 	$pmod->{_cmod} = $cmod;
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ sub LoadModule {
 	$cmod->SetDescription($pmod->description);
 	$cmod->SetArgs($args);
 	$cmod->SetModPath($modpath);
-	$cmod->SetType($type);
 	push @allmods, $pmod;
 	$container->push_back($cmod);
 	my $x = '';
diff --git a/modules/modpython/module.h b/modules/modpython/module.h
index 0a3e2b81..caa40f4f 100644
--- a/modules/modpython/module.h
+++ b/modules/modpython/module.h
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ class CPyModule : public CModule {
 	VWebSubPages* _GetSubPages();
 public:
 	CPyModule(CUser* pUser, CIRCNetwork* pNetwork, const CString& sModName, const CString& sDataPath,
-			PyObject* pyObj, CModPython* pModPython)
-			: CModule(nullptr, pUser, pNetwork, sModName, sDataPath) {
+			CModInfo::EModuleType eType, PyObject* pyObj, CModPython* pModPython)
+			: CModule(nullptr, pUser, pNetwork, sModName, sDataPath, eType) {
 		m_pyObj = pyObj;
 		Py_INCREF(pyObj);
 		m_pModPython = pModPython;
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ static inline CPyModule* AsPyModule(CModule* p) {
 	return dynamic_cast<CPyModule*>(p);
 }
 
-inline CPyModule* CreatePyModule(CUser* pUser, CIRCNetwork* pNetwork, const CString& sModName, const CString& sDataPath, PyObject* pyObj, CModPython* pModPython) {
-	return new CPyModule(pUser, pNetwork, sModName, sDataPath, pyObj, pModPython);
+inline CPyModule* CreatePyModule(CUser* pUser, CIRCNetwork* pNetwork, const CString& sModName, const CString& sDataPath, CModInfo::EModuleType eType, PyObject* pyObj, CModPython* pModPython) {
+	return new CPyModule(pUser, pNetwork, sModName, sDataPath, eType, pyObj, pModPython);
 }
 
 class CPyTimer : public CTimer {
diff --git a/modules/modpython/znc.py b/modules/modpython/znc.py
index cd4de4b3..0b6a1217 100644
--- a/modules/modpython/znc.py
+++ b/modules/modpython/znc.py
@@ -538,12 +538,11 @@ def load_module(modname, args, module_type, user, network, retmsg, modpython):
         return 1
 
     module = cl()
-    module._cmod = CreatePyModule(user, network, modname, datapath, module, modpython)
+    module._cmod = CreatePyModule(user, network, modname, datapath, module_type, module, modpython)
     module.nv = ModuleNV(module._cmod)
     module.SetDescription(cl.description)
     module.SetArgs(args)
     module.SetModPath(pymodule.__file__)
-    module.SetType(module_type)
     _py_modules.add(module)
 
     if module_type == CModInfo.UserModule: