diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b5c542a687..7e5e132652 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-08-25  Benjamin Otte  <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
+
+	* gst/autoplug/gstspider.c: (plugin_init):
+	  don't set a rank. We don't want to autoplug by inserting spiders.
+
 2004-08-22  Benjamin Otte  <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
 
 	* gst/autoplug/gstspider.c: (gst_spider_class_init),
diff --git a/gst/autoplug/gstspider.c b/gst/autoplug/gstspider.c
index 79d7de6dee..86a359e006 100644
--- a/gst/autoplug/gstspider.c
+++ b/gst/autoplug/gstspider.c
@@ -749,8 +749,7 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_spider_debug, "spider", 0,
       "spider autoplugging element");
 
-  if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "spider", GST_RANK_SECONDARY,
-          GST_TYPE_SPIDER))
+  if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "spider", GST_RANK_NONE, GST_TYPE_SPIDER))
     return FALSE;
   if (!gst_element_register (plugin, "spideridentity", GST_RANK_NONE,
           GST_TYPE_SPIDER_IDENTITY))