public function init_autoloading() {
		$prefixes = array();

		if ( ! class_exists( 'Tribe__Autoloader' ) ) {
			require_once $GLOBALS['tribe-common-info']['dir'] . '/Autoloader.php';

			$prefixes['Tribe__'] = $GLOBALS['tribe-common-info']['dir'];
		}

		$autoloader = Tribe__Autoloader::instance();

		// include the fake Tribe__Main if a preferred one from TEC/ET hasn't been prepped for use
		if ( ! empty( $prefixes['Tribe__'] ) && "{$this->plugin_path}common/src/Tribe" === $prefixes['Tribe__'] ) {
			require_once $this->plugin_path . 'Tribe__Main.php';
		} else {
			$autoloader->register_prefixes( $prefixes );
		}

		$autoloader->register_prefix( 'Tribe__Image__Plus__', dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/src/Tribe', 'image-widget-plus' );

		// deprecated classes are registered in a class to path fashion
		foreach ( glob( $this->plugin_path . 'src/deprecated/*.php' ) as $file ) {
			$class_name = str_replace( '.php', '', basename( $file ) );
			$autoloader->register_class( $class_name, $file );
		}

		$autoloader->register_autoloader();
	}