diff --git a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginBackgroundLoader.java b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginBackgroundLoader.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ce0fb0f1e..000000000
--- a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginBackgroundLoader.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-package org.owasp.webgoat.plugins;
-
-import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
-import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
-import javax.servlet.annotation.WebListener;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
-import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
-
-@WebListener
-/**
- * <p>PluginBackgroundLoader class.</p>
- *
- * @version $Id: $Id
- */
-public class PluginBackgroundLoader implements ServletContextListener {
-
-    private ScheduledExecutorService scheduler;
-
-    /** {@inheritDoc} */
-    @Override
-    public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
-        String pluginPath = event.getServletContext().getRealPath("plugin_lessons");
-        String targetPath = event.getServletContext().getRealPath("plugin_extracted");
-
-        scheduler = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor();
-        //scheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate(new PluginsLoader(Paths.get(pluginPath), Paths.get(targetPath)), 10, 5, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
-    }
-
-    /** {@inheritDoc} */
-    @Override
-    public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event) {
-        scheduler.shutdownNow();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginContextListener.java b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginContextListener.java
index 43e58d07f..6de0c9a0a 100644
--- a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginContextListener.java
+++ b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginContextListener.java
@@ -6,31 +6,26 @@ import javax.servlet.annotation.WebListener;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 
 /**
- * Created by nanne_000 on 9/29/2015.
+ * Copy the plugins to the WEB-INF/lib directory to take advantage of the automatic reloading of an application
+ * server.
  */
 @WebListener
 public class PluginContextListener implements ServletContextListener {
+
+    private static boolean alreadyLoaded = false;
+
     @Override
     public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
         String pluginPath = event.getServletContext().getRealPath("plugin_lessons");
         String targetPath = event.getServletContext().getRealPath("plugin_extracted");
 
-        if (event.getServletContext().getInitParameter("plugins_loaded") == null) {
+        if (!alreadyLoaded) {
             new PluginsLoader(Paths.get(pluginPath), Paths.get(targetPath)).copyJars();
+            alreadyLoaded = true;
         }
-        event.getServletContext().setInitParameter("plugins_loaded", "");
     }
 
     @Override
     public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event) {
-//        String targetPath = event.getServletContext().getRealPath("plugin_extracted");
-//        WebappClassLoader cl = (WebappClassLoader)Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
-//        cl.closeJARs(true);
-//        Path webInfLib = Paths.get(targetPath).getParent().resolve(cl.getJarPath().replaceFirst("\\/", ""));
-//        try {
-//            FileUtils.cleanDirectory(webInfLib.toFile());
-//        } catch (IOException e) {
-//            e.printStackTrace();
-//        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginsLoader.java b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginsLoader.java
index 930ebbf30..ef9453403 100644
--- a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginsLoader.java
+++ b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/plugins/PluginsLoader.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
-import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
  *
  * @version $Id: $Id
  */
-public class PluginsLoader implements Runnable {
+public class PluginsLoader {
 
     private static final String WEBGOAT_PLUGIN_EXTENSION = "jar";
     private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());
@@ -48,6 +47,9 @@ public class PluginsLoader implements Runnable {
         this.pluginTarget = Objects.requireNonNull(pluginTarget, "plugin target cannot be null");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Copy jars to the lib directory
+     */
     public void copyJars() {
         try {
             WebappClassLoader cl = (WebappClassLoader) Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
@@ -55,12 +57,10 @@ public class PluginsLoader implements Runnable {
 
             List<URL> jars = listJars();
 
-            cl.closeJARs(true);
             Path webInfLib = pluginTarget.getParent().resolve(cl.getJarPath().replaceFirst("\\/", ""));
             for (URL jar : jars) {
                 Path sourceJarFile = Paths.get(jar.toURI());
-                Files.copy(sourceJarFile, webInfLib.resolve(sourceJarFile.getFileName()),
-                        StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+                FileUtils.copyFileToDirectory(sourceJarFile.toFile(), webInfLib.toFile());
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.error("Loading plugins failed", e);
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ public class PluginsLoader implements Runnable {
      */
     public List<Plugin> loadPlugins() {
         List<Plugin> plugins = Lists.newArrayList();
-        WebappClassLoader cl = (WebappClassLoader) Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
 
         try {
             PluginFileUtils.createDirsIfNotExists(pluginTarget);
@@ -88,13 +87,12 @@ public class PluginsLoader implements Runnable {
         return plugins;
     }
 
-
     private void cleanupExtractedPluginsDirectory() {
         Path i18nDirectory = pluginTarget.resolve("plugin/i18n/");
         FileUtils.deleteQuietly(i18nDirectory.toFile());
     }
 
-    public List<URL> listJars() throws IOException {
+    private List<URL> listJars() throws IOException {
         final List<URL> jars = Lists.newArrayList();
         Files.walkFileTree(pluginSource, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
 
@@ -143,12 +141,4 @@ public class PluginsLoader implements Runnable {
         }
         return extractorCallables;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * {@inheritDoc}
-     */
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-        loadPlugins();
-    }
 }