diff --git a/webgoat-container/pom.xml b/webgoat-container/pom.xml
index 0f22cbf4a..cf8ae6909 100644
--- a/webgoat-container/pom.xml
+++ b/webgoat-container/pom.xml
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-loader</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
             <artifactId>asciidoctorj</artifactId>
diff --git a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/LessonDescription.java b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/LessonDescription.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5aeb1fe39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/LessonDescription.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/**
+ * ************************************************************************************************
+ * This file is part of WebGoat, an Open Web Application Security Project utility. For details,
+ * please see http://www.owasp.org/
+ * <p>
+ * Copyright (c) 2002 - 20014 Bruce Mayhew
+ * <p>
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
+ * GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * <p>
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+ * even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ * <p>
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if
+ * not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ * 02111-1307, USA.
+ * <p>
+ * Getting Source ==============
+ * <p>
+ * Source for this application is maintained at https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat, a repository for free software
+ * projects.
+ * <p>
+ *
+ * @author WebGoat
+ * @version $Id: $Id
+ * @since May 15, 2016
+ */
+package org.owasp.webgoat.plugins;
+
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class LessonDescription {
+
+    private String name;
+    private String title;
+    private String category;
+    private int ranking;
+    private List<String> hints;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ lesson:
+ name: Access Control Matrix
+ title: Using an Access Control Matrix
+ category: ACCESS_CONTROL
+ ranking: 10
+ hints:
+ - Many sites attempt to restrict access to resources by role.
+ - Developers frequently make mistakes implementing this scheme.
+ - Attempt combinations of users, roles, and resources.
+ */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/Plugin.java b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/Plugin.java
index 3880d05df..82608ea22 100644
--- a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/Plugin.java
+++ b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/Plugin.java
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ package org.owasp.webgoat.plugins;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import org.owasp.webgoat.lessons.AbstractLesson;
-import org.owasp.webgoat.lessons.LessonEndpointMapping;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@ public class Plugin {
     private Map<String, File> lessonPlansLanguageFiles = new HashMap<>();
     private List<File> pluginFiles = Lists.newArrayList();
     private File lessonSourceFile;
-    private List<Class> lessonEndpoints = Lists.newArrayList();
 
     public Plugin(PluginClassLoader classLoader) {
         this.classLoader = classLoader;
@@ -50,22 +47,6 @@ public class Plugin {
     public void findLesson(List<String> classes) {
         for (String clazzName : classes) {
             findLesson(clazzName);
-            findLessonEndpoints(clazzName);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void findLessonEndpoints(String name) {
-        String realClassName = StringUtils.trimLeadingCharacter(name, '/').replaceAll("/", ".").replaceAll(".class", "");
-        try {
-            Class endpointClass = classLoader.loadClass(realClassName);
-            Annotation annotation = endpointClass.getAnnotation(LessonEndpointMapping.class);
-            if (annotation != null ) {
-                this.lessonEndpoints.add(endpointClass);
-            }
-
-        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            //ignore
         }
     }
 
@@ -104,10 +85,6 @@ public class Plugin {
         }
     }
 
-    public List<Class> getLessonEndpoints() {
-        return lessonEndpoints;
-    }
-
     /**
      * <p>rewritePaths.</p>
      *