diff --git a/war/src/main/js/api/pluginManager.js b/war/src/main/js/api/pluginManager.js
index bbe2fccb77..e81623dec4 100644
--- a/war/src/main/js/api/pluginManager.js
+++ b/war/src/main/js/api/pluginManager.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ exports.pluginNames = function() {
  * @returns The subset of plugins (subset of the plugin list) that are recommended by default.
  */
 exports.recommendedPluginNames = function() {
-    return plugins.recommendedPlugins;
+    return plugins.recommendedPlugins.slice(); // copy this
 };
 
 /**