diff --git a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/NewLesson.java b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/NewLesson.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b19db4194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/NewLesson.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package org.owasp.webgoat.lessons;
+
+import org.owasp.webgoat.session.WebSession;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * ************************************************************************************************
+ * 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 October 12, 2016
+ */
+public abstract class NewLesson extends LessonAdapter {
+
+    @Override
+    public abstract Category getDefaultCategory();
+
+    @Override
+    public abstract List<String> getHints(WebSession s); //TODO we should probably remove WebSession due to old lessons still here
+
+    @Override
+    public abstract  Integer getDefaultRanking();
+
+    @Override
+    public abstract  String getTitle();
+
+    @Override
+    public abstract String getId();
+}
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 23395dd51..5a9772523 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
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
-import com.google.common.reflect.ClassPath;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.owasp.webgoat.lessons.AbstractLesson;
+import org.owasp.webgoat.lessons.NewLesson;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ public class Plugin {
 
     private PluginClassLoader classLoader;
     private Class<AbstractLesson> lesson;
-    private YmlBasedLesson ymlBasedLesson;
+    private YmlBasedLesson ymlBasedLesson; //TODO REMOVE!
+    private Class<NewLesson> newLesson;
     private Map<String, File> solutionLanguageFiles = new HashMap<>();
     private Map<String, File> lessonPlansLanguageFiles = new HashMap<>();
     private List<File> pluginFiles = Lists.newArrayList();
@@ -64,11 +65,14 @@ public class Plugin {
             if (AbstractLesson.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
                 this.lesson = clazz;
             }
+            if (NewLesson.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
+                this.newLesson = clazz;
+            }
         } catch (ClassNotFoundException ce) {
             throw new PluginLoadingFailure("Class " + realClassName + " listed in jar but unable to load the class.", ce);
         }
 
-        //New code all lessons should work as below
+        //TODO remove
         readYmlLessonConfiguration();
     }
 
@@ -93,19 +97,6 @@ public class Plugin {
         }
     }
 
-    private Class findAttack(String id) {
-        try {
-            for (final ClassPath.ClassInfo info : ClassPath.from(this.classLoader).getTopLevelClasses()) {
-                if (info.getName().endsWith(id)) {
-                    return info.load();
-                }
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
     /**
      * <p>loadFiles.</p>
      *
@@ -176,6 +167,9 @@ public class Plugin {
             if (lesson != null) {
                 return Optional.of(lesson.newInstance());
             }
+            if (newLesson != null) {
+                return Optional.of(newLesson.newInstance());
+            }
 
         } catch (IllegalAccessException | InstantiationException e) {
             throw new PluginLoadingFailure("Unable to instantiate the lesson " + lesson.getName(), e);