diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 31f7f36aa..94b404d3f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>1.7</source>
                     <target>1.7</target>
@@ -46,15 +47,15 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-
+                <version>2.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!--  archiving the classes breaks the admin screen loads in course.java
                           the legacy lesson loader does not look in jar files for lessons  -->
                     <archiveClasses>false</archiveClasses>
-                    <manifest>
-                        <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
-                    </manifest>
                     <archive>
+                        <manifest>
+                            <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
+                        </manifest>
                         <manifestEntries>
                             <Specification-Title>${project.name}</Specification-Title>
                             <Specification-Version>${project.version}</Specification-Version>
@@ -64,15 +65,31 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.6</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <attachClasses>true</attachClasses>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.7</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
-                        <id>create-jar</id>
-                        <phase>compile</phase>
+                        <id>attach-artifacts</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>jar</goal>
+                            <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
                         </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <artifacts>
+                                <artifact>
+                                    <file>${project.build.directory}/WebGoat-Container-${project.version}-classes.jar</file>
+                                    <type>classes-jar</type>
+                                </artifact>
+                            </artifacts>
+                        </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
@@ -94,7 +111,7 @@
                         <phase>package</phase>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
-            </plugin>            
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -190,7 +207,7 @@
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
             <version>1.2.17</version>
         </dependency>
-        
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>wsdl4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>wsdl4j</artifactId>
@@ -239,7 +256,7 @@
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        
+
         <!-- Jackson -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -354,8 +371,9 @@
             <version>1.7.7</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- ************* END spring MVC and related dependencies ************** -->
-
     </dependencies>
+
+
+    <!-- ************* END spring MVC and related dependencies ************** -->
+
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/Plugin.java b/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/Plugin.java
index 18aa5ff75..b0f58df7e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/Plugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/Plugin.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class Plugin {
                 this.lesson = clazz;
             }
         } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-            logger.error("Unable to load class {}", name);
+            logger.error("Unable to load class {}", name, e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginsLoader.java b/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginsLoader.java
index 6201f6542..5786462d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginsLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginsLoader.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class PluginsLoader implements Runnable {
                             plugins.add(plugin);                 		
                     	}
                     } catch (Plugin.PluginLoadingFailure e) {
-                       logger.error("Unable to load plugin, continue loading others...");
+                       logger.error("Unable to load plugin, continue loading others...", e);
                     }
                     return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
                 }