diff --git a/include/plugin/Plugin.hpp b/include/plugin/Plugin.hpp
index c0702f5c..745fcded 100644
--- a/include/plugin/Plugin.hpp
+++ b/include/plugin/Plugin.hpp
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ struct Plugin {
 	void addModel(Model* model);
 	Model* getModel(const std::string& slug);
 	void fromJson(json_t* rootJ);
+	void modulesFromJson(json_t* rootJ);
 	std::string getBrand();
 };
 
diff --git a/src/plugin.cpp b/src/plugin.cpp
index 3b61b215..404451fe 100644
--- a/src/plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugin.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ static Plugin* loadPlugin(std::string path) {
 			throw Exception("JSON parsing error at %s %d:%d %s", manifestFilename.c_str(), error.line, error.column, error.text);
 		DEFER({json_decref(rootJ);});
 
+		// Load manifest
+		plugin->fromJson(rootJ);
+
+		// Reject plugin if slug already exists
+		Plugin* existingPlugin = getPlugin(plugin->slug);
+		if (existingPlugin)
+			throw Exception("Plugin %s is already loaded, not attempting to load it again", plugin->slug.c_str());
+
 		// Call init callback
 		InitCallback initCallback;
 		if (path == "") {
@@ -169,13 +177,9 @@ static Plugin* loadPlugin(std::string path) {
 		}
 		initCallback(plugin);
 
-		// Load manifest
-		plugin->fromJson(rootJ);
-
-		// Reject plugin if slug already exists
-		Plugin* existingPlugin = getPlugin(plugin->slug);
-		if (existingPlugin)
-			throw Exception("Plugin %s is already loaded, not attempting to load it again", plugin->slug.c_str());
+		// Load modules manifest
+		json_t* modulesJ = json_object_get(rootJ, "modules");
+		plugin->modulesFromJson(modulesJ);
 
 		// Call settingsFromJson() if exists
 		// Returns NULL for Core.
diff --git a/src/plugin/Plugin.cpp b/src/plugin/Plugin.cpp
index 698e67fe..2f5a98ea 100644
--- a/src/plugin/Plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugin/Plugin.cpp
@@ -107,15 +107,17 @@ void Plugin::fromJson(json_t* rootJ) {
 	json_t* changelogUrlJ = json_object_get(rootJ, "changelogUrl");
 	if (changelogUrlJ)
 		changelogUrl = json_string_value(changelogUrlJ);
+}
+
 
+void Plugin::modulesFromJson(json_t* rootJ) {
 	// Reordered models vector
 	std::list<Model*> newModels;
 
-	json_t* modulesJ = json_object_get(rootJ, "modules");
-	if (modulesJ && json_array_size(modulesJ) > 0) {
+	if (rootJ && json_array_size(rootJ) > 0) {
 		size_t moduleId;
 		json_t* moduleJ;
-		json_array_foreach(modulesJ, moduleId, moduleJ) {
+		json_array_foreach(rootJ, moduleId, moduleJ) {
 			// Get model slug
 			json_t* modelSlugJ = json_object_get(moduleJ, "slug");
 			if (!modelSlugJ) {