diff --git a/src/backend/game/game.cpp b/src/backend/game/game.cpp
index 7b43bb16..f531a95e 100644
--- a/src/backend/game/game.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/game/game.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void Game::Init() {
     }
   }
 
-  LoadOrderHandler::Init(*this, localDataPath_);
+  loadOrderHandler_.Init(*this, localDataPath_);
 }
 
 void Game::RedatePlugins() {
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ bool Game::IsPluginActive(const std::string& pluginName) const {
   try {
     return GetPlugin(pluginName).IsActive();
   } catch (...) {
-    return LoadOrderHandler::IsPluginActive(pluginName);
+    return loadOrderHandler_.IsPluginActive(pluginName);
   }
 }
 
@@ -275,14 +275,14 @@ short Game::GetActiveLoadOrderIndex(const std::string & pluginName, const std::v
 
 std::vector<std::string> Game::GetLoadOrder() const {
   if (loadOrder_.empty())
-    loadOrder_ = LoadOrderHandler::GetLoadOrder();
+    loadOrder_ = loadOrderHandler_.GetLoadOrder();
 
   return loadOrder_;
 }
 
 void Game::SetLoadOrder(const std::vector<std::string>& loadOrder) const {
-  BackupLoadOrder(loadOrder_, lootDataPath_ / FolderName());
-  LoadOrderHandler::SetLoadOrder(loadOrder);
+  loadOrderHandler_.BackupLoadOrder(loadOrder_, lootDataPath_ / FolderName());
+  loadOrderHandler_.SetLoadOrder(loadOrder);
   loadOrder_ = loadOrder;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/game/game.h b/src/backend/game/game.h
index 7cd65260..24d545dd 100644
--- a/src/backend/game/game.h
+++ b/src/backend/game/game.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include "backend/game/load_order_handler.h"
 
 namespace loot {
-class Game : public GameSettings, public LoadOrderHandler, public GameCache {
+class Game : public GameSettings, public GameCache {
 public:
   Game(const GameSettings& gameSettings, 
        const boost::filesystem::path& lootDataPath,
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ private:
   const boost::filesystem::path localDataPath_;
 
   bool pluginsFullyLoaded_;
+  LoadOrderHandler loadOrderHandler_;
   mutable std::vector<std::string> loadOrder_;
 };
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/plugin/plugin.cpp b/src/backend/plugin/plugin.cpp
index 9cbf2c86..079196be 100644
--- a/src/backend/plugin/plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/plugin/plugin.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Plugin::Plugin(const Game& game, const std::string& name, const bool headerOnly)
       }
     }
     // Get whether the plugin is active or not.
-    isActive_ = game.LoadOrderHandler::IsPluginActive(Name());
+    isActive_ = game.IsPluginActive(Name());
 
     // Get whether the plugin loads an archive (BSA/BA2) or not.
     const string archiveExtension = game.GetArchiveFileExtension();