diff --git a/admin/islandora.admin.inc b/admin/islandora.admin.inc
index 8194520e..e22fa433 100644
--- a/admin/islandora.admin.inc
+++ b/admin/islandora.admin.inc
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ function islandora_repository_admin($form, &$form_state) {
   module_load_include('inc', 'islandora', 'includes/utilities');
 
   if (!IslandoraTuque::exists()) {
-    $message = t('This module requires the !url. Please install sites all libraries folder before continuing.', array('!url' => l(t('Tuque Fedora API'), 'http://github.com/islandora/tuque')));
-    drupal_set_message(check_plain($message));
+    IslandoraTuque::getError();
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/includes/tuque.inc b/includes/tuque.inc
index d87c5845..37a6a013 100644
--- a/includes/tuque.inc
+++ b/includes/tuque.inc
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?php
 
 //do this until we expost these in a module or library
-require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/Datastream.php';
-require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/FedoraApi.php';
-require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/FedoraApiSerializer.php';
-require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/Object.php';
-require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/RepositoryConnection.php';
-require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/Cache.php';
-require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/RepositoryException.php';
-require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/Repository.php';
-require_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/FedoraRelationships.php';
+@include_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/Datastream.php';
+@include_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/FedoraApi.php';
+@include_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/FedoraApiSerializer.php';
+@include_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/Object.php';
+@include_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/RepositoryConnection.php';
+@include_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/Cache.php';
+@include_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/RepositoryException.php';
+@include_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/Repository.php';
+@include_once 'sites/all/libraries/tuque/FedoraRelationships.php';
 
 class IslandoraTuque {
 
@@ -58,15 +58,24 @@ class IslandoraTuque {
       $url = variable_get('islandora_base_url', 'http://localhost:8080/fedora');
     }
 
-    $this->connection = new RepositoryConnection($url, $user_string, $pass_string);
-    $this->connection->reuseConnection = TRUE;
-    $this->api = new FedoraApi($this->connection);
-    $this->cache = new SimpleCache();
-    $this->repository = new FedoraRepository($this->api, $this->cache);
+    if(self::exists()) {
+      $this->connection = new RepositoryConnection($url, $user_string, $pass_string);
+      $this->connection->reuseConnection = TRUE;
+      $this->api = new FedoraApi($this->connection);
+      $this->cache = new SimpleCache();
+      $this->repository = new FedoraRepository($this->api, $this->cache);
+    }
   }
 
   static function exists() {
     return class_exists('RepositoryConnection');
   }
+
+  static function getError() {
+    $islandora_doc_link = l(t('Islandora documentation'), 'https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/ISLANDORA/Islandora');
+    $tuque_link = l(t('Tuque Fedora API'), 'http://github.com/islandora/tuque');
+    $message = t('Islandora requires the !tuque_url. Please install in /sites/all/libraries/tuque before continuing. See the !islandora_url.', array( '!tuque_url' => $tuque_link, '!islandora_url' => $islandora_doc_link));
+    drupal_set_message($message, 'error', FALSE);
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/islandora.module b/islandora.module
index 1a6f33ca..7ed87813 100644
--- a/islandora.module
+++ b/islandora.module
@@ -434,13 +434,18 @@ function islandora_object_load($object_id) {
     $islandora_tuque = new IslandoraTuque();
   }
 
-  try {
-    $fedora_object = $islandora_tuque->repository->getObject($object_id);
-  } catch (Exception $e) {
+  if(IslandoraTuque::exists()) {
+    try {
+      $fedora_object = $islandora_tuque->repository->getObject($object_id);
+    } catch (Exception $e) {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    return $fedora_object;
+  }
+  else {
+    IslandoraTuque::getError();
     return NULL;
   }
-  
-  return $fedora_object;
 }
 
 function islandora_ingest_access_callback($object, $perm) {
diff --git a/islandora_basic_collection/islandora_basic_collection.install b/islandora_basic_collection/islandora_basic_collection.install
index eb9f1efe..724b76f4 100644
--- a/islandora_basic_collection/islandora_basic_collection.install
+++ b/islandora_basic_collection/islandora_basic_collection.install
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 <?php
 
+function islandora_basic_collection_requirements($phase) {
+  if($phase == 'install') {
+    module_load_include('inc', 'islandora', 'includes/tuque');
+    if(!IslandoraTuque::exists()) {
+      return array(array(
+        'title' => 'Tuque',
+        'description' => 'The Islandora Collection solution pack requires the Tuque library.',
+        'severity' => REQUIREMENT_ERROR,
+      ));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * @file
  * islandora_basic_collection.install
diff --git a/islandora_basic_image/islandora_basic_image.install b/islandora_basic_image/islandora_basic_image.install
index 2ab629d9..3f2c2e28 100644
--- a/islandora_basic_image/islandora_basic_image.install
+++ b/islandora_basic_image/islandora_basic_image.install
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@
  * islandora-basic-image.install
  */
 
+function islandora_basic_image_requirements($phase) {
+  if($phase == 'install') {
+    module_load_include('inc', 'islandora', 'includes/tuque');
+    if(!IslandoraTuque::exists()) {
+      return array(array(
+        'title' => 'Tuque',
+        'description' => 'The Islandora Collection solution pack requires the Tuque library.',
+        'severity' => REQUIREMENT_ERROR,
+      ));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Implements hook_install
  */