diff --git a/app/common.ts b/app/common.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e7dc4ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/common.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export interface BootstrapData {
+    config: Record<string, any>
+}
diff --git a/app/lib/window.ts b/app/lib/window.ts
index 39a794bb..a3c85287 100644
--- a/app/lib/window.ts
+++ b/app/lib/window.ts
@@ -290,6 +290,15 @@ export class Window {
             this.send('host:window-focused')
         })
 
+        ipcMain.on('ready', event => {
+            if (!this.window || event.sender !== this.window.webContents) {
+                return
+            }
+            this.window.webContents.send('start', {
+                config: this.configStore,
+            })
+        })
+
         ipcMain.on('window-focus', event => {
             if (!this.window || event.sender !== this.window.webContents) {
                 return
diff --git a/app/src/entry.ts b/app/src/entry.ts
index f0671079..f0ca55b8 100644
--- a/app/src/entry.ts
+++ b/app/src/entry.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ import './toastr.scss'
 import { enableProdMode, NgModuleRef, ApplicationRef } from '@angular/core'
 import { enableDebugTools } from '@angular/platform-browser'
 import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic'
+import { ipcRenderer } from 'electron'
 
 import { getRootModule } from './app.module'
 import { findPlugins, loadPlugins, PluginInfo } from './plugins'
+import { BootstrapData } from '../common'
 
 // Always land on the start view
 location.hash = ''
@@ -27,37 +29,48 @@ if (process.env.TERMINUS_DEV && !process.env.TERMINUS_FORCE_ANGULAR_PROD) {
     enableProdMode()
 }
 
-async function bootstrap (plugins: PluginInfo[], safeMode = false): Promise<NgModuleRef<any>> {
+async function bootstrap (plugins: PluginInfo[], bootstrapData: BootstrapData, safeMode = false): Promise<NgModuleRef<any>> {
     if (safeMode) {
         plugins = plugins.filter(x => x.isBuiltin)
     }
-    const pluginsModules = await loadPlugins(plugins, (current, total) => {
+
+    const pluginModules = await loadPlugins(plugins, (current, total) => {
         (document.querySelector('.progress .bar') as HTMLElement).style.width = `${100 * current / total}%` // eslint-disable-line
     })
-    const module = getRootModule(pluginsModules)
+    const module = getRootModule(pluginModules)
     window['rootModule'] = module
-    return platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(module).then(moduleRef => {
-        if (process.env.TERMINUS_DEV) {
-            const applicationRef = moduleRef.injector.get(ApplicationRef)
-            const componentRef = applicationRef.components[0]
-            enableDebugTools(componentRef)
-        }
-        return moduleRef
+    const moduleRef = await platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(module, {
+        providers: [
+            { provide: 'bootstrapData', useValue: bootstrapData },
+        ],
     })
+    if (process.env.TERMINUS_DEV) {
+        const applicationRef = moduleRef.injector.get(ApplicationRef)
+        const componentRef = applicationRef.components[0]
+        enableDebugTools(componentRef)
+    }
+    return moduleRef
 }
 
-findPlugins().then(async plugins => {
+ipcRenderer.once('start', async (_$event, bootstrapData: BootstrapData) => {
+    console.log('Window bootstrap data:', bootstrapData)
+    let plugins = await findPlugins()
+    if (bootstrapData.config.pluginBlacklist) {
+        plugins = plugins.filter(x => !bootstrapData.config.pluginBlacklist.includes(x.name))
+    }
     console.log('Starting with plugins:', plugins)
     try {
-        await bootstrap(plugins)
+        await bootstrap(plugins, bootstrapData)
     } catch (error) {
         console.error('Angular bootstrapping error:', error)
         console.warn('Trying safe mode')
         window['safeModeReason'] = error
         try {
-            await bootstrap(plugins, true)
+            await bootstrap(plugins, bootstrapData, true)
         } catch (error2) {
             console.error('Bootstrap failed:', error2)
         }
     }
 })
+
+ipcRenderer.send('ready')
diff --git a/app/src/plugins.ts b/app/src/plugins.ts
index d23eda7f..9ac0c308 100644
--- a/app/src/plugins.ts
+++ b/app/src/plugins.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,14 @@ export async function findPlugins (): Promise<PluginInfo[]> {
     const candidateLocations: { pluginDir: string, packageName: string }[] = []
     const PREFIX = 'terminus-'
 
+    const processedPaths = []
+
     for (let pluginDir of paths) {
+        if (processedPaths.includes(pluginDir)) {
+            continue
+        }
+        processedPaths.push(pluginDir)
+
         pluginDir = normalizePath(pluginDir)
         if (!await fs.exists(pluginDir)) {
             continue
@@ -133,6 +140,8 @@ export async function findPlugins (): Promise<PluginInfo[]> {
             continue
         }
 
+        console.log(`Found ${name} in ${pluginDir}`)
+
         if (foundPlugins.some(x => x.name === name)) {
             console.info(`Plugin ${packageName} already exists, overriding`)
             foundPlugins = foundPlugins.filter(x => x.name !== name)