diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4657d36..1e2acc5 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ plural text, so both are marked as used if the tag is used.
 Changes
 ~~~~~~~
 
+v1.4.2 --- 2017-01-30
+---------------------
+
+Fixes another instance of `issue 32`_, which was the result of an initialization order problem.
+
+.. _issue 32: https://github.com/nedbat/django_coverage_plugin/issues/32
+
 
 v1.4.1 --- 2017-01-25
 ---------------------
diff --git a/django_coverage_plugin/plugin.py b/django_coverage_plugin/plugin.py
index f91db03..a7e4ca2 100644
--- a/django_coverage_plugin/plugin.py
+++ b/django_coverage_plugin/plugin.py
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ def check_debug():
         # into template engines, so we don't need to depend on settings values
         # directly and can look at the resulting configured objects
 
+        # I _think_ this check is all that's needed and the 3 "hasattr" checks
+        # below can be removed, but it's not clear how to verify that
+        from django.apps import apps
+        if not apps.ready:
+            return False
+
         # django.template.backends.django gets loaded lazily, so return false
         # until they've been loaded
         if not hasattr(django.template, "backends"):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e0f53c3..fa41211 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='django_coverage_plugin',
-    version='1.4.1',
+    version='1.4.2',
     description='Django template coverage.py plugin',
     author='Ned Batchelder',
     author_email='ned@nedbatchelder.com',