diff --git a/src/node/eejs/index.js b/src/node/eejs/index.js
index 1bf29634b..31ff2c1a5 100644
--- a/src/node/eejs/index.js
+++ b/src/node/eejs/index.js
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ exports.require = (name, args, mod) => {
     basedir = path.dirname(mod.filename);
     paths = mod.paths;
   }
+  paths.push(settings.root + '/plugin_packages')
 
   const ejspath = resolve.sync(name, {paths, basedir, extensions: ['.html', '.ejs']});
 
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index 534f59161..472d83343 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "jsdom": "^23.2.0",
     "jsonminify": "0.4.2",
     "languages4translatewiki": "0.1.3",
+    "live-plugin-manager": "^0.18.1",
     "lodash.clonedeep": "4.5.0",
     "log4js": "^6.9.1",
     "measured-core": "^2.0.0",
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@
     "npm": "^6.14.18",
     "openapi-backend": "^5.10.5",
     "proxy-addr": "^2.0.7",
-    "live-plugin-manager": "^0.18.1",
     "rate-limiter-flexible": "^4.0.0",
     "rehype": "^13.0.1",
     "rehype-minify-whitespace": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/src/static/js/pluginfw/installer.js b/src/static/js/pluginfw/installer.js
index 618e5ae50..b04964feb 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pluginfw/installer.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pluginfw/installer.js
@@ -37,16 +37,7 @@ const wrapTaskCb = (cb) => {
 exports.uninstall = async (pluginName, cb = null) => {
   cb = wrapTaskCb(cb);
   logger.info(`Uninstalling plugin ${pluginName}...`);
-  try {
-    // The --no-save flag prevents npm from creating package.json or package-lock.json.
-    // The --legacy-peer-deps flag is required to work around a bug in npm v7:
-    // https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2199
-    await runCmd(['npm', 'uninstall', '--no-save', '--legacy-peer-deps', pluginName]);
-  } catch (err) {
-    logger.error(`Failed to uninstall plugin ${pluginName}`);
-    cb(err || new Error(err));
-    throw err;
-  }
+  await exports.manager.uninstall(pluginName);
   logger.info(`Successfully uninstalled plugin ${pluginName}`);
   await hooks.aCallAll('pluginUninstall', {pluginName});
   await plugins.update();
@@ -56,16 +47,7 @@ exports.uninstall = async (pluginName, cb = null) => {
 exports.install = async (pluginName, cb = null) => {
   cb = wrapTaskCb(cb);
   logger.info(`Installing plugin ${pluginName}...`);
-  try {
-    // The --no-save flag prevents npm from creating package.json or package-lock.json.
-    // The --legacy-peer-deps flag is required to work around a bug in npm v7:
-    // https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2199
-    await runCmd(['npm', 'install', '--no-save', '--legacy-peer-deps', pluginName]);
-  } catch (err) {
-    logger.error(`Failed to install plugin ${pluginName}`);
-    cb(err || new Error(err));
-    throw err;
-  }
+  await exports.manager.install(pluginName);
   logger.info(`Successfully installed plugin ${pluginName}`);
   await hooks.aCallAll('pluginInstall', {pluginName});
   await plugins.update();
diff --git a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
index e8b7cb326..d35d8c97a 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ exports.pathNormalization = (part, hookFnName, hookName) => {
 };
 
 exports.update = async () => {
+  await manager.install('ep_bookmark')
+  await manager.install('ep_align')
   const packages = await exports.getPackages();
   const parts = {}; // Key is full name. sortParts converts this into a topologically sorted array.
   const plugins = {};
@@ -107,6 +109,13 @@ exports.update = async () => {
 
 exports.getPackages = async () => {
   logger.info('Running npm to get a list of installed plugins...');
+  let plugins = manager.list()
+  let newDependencies = {}
+  for (const plugin of plugins) {
+    plugin.realPath = await fs.realpath(plugin.location);
+    plugin.path = plugin.realPath;
+    newDependencies[plugin.name] = plugin
+  }
   // Notes:
   //   * Do not pass `--prod` otherwise `npm ls` will fail if there is no `package.json`.
   //   * The `--no-production` flag is required (or the `NODE_ENV` environment variable must be
@@ -121,11 +130,12 @@ exports.getPackages = async () => {
     }
     info.realPath = await fs.realpath(info.path);
   }));
-  return dependencies;
+  let newList = Object.assign({}, dependencies, newDependencies)
+  console.log('blub', newList)
+  return newList;
 };
 
 const loadPlugin = async (packages, pluginName, plugins, parts) => {
-  console.log('Plugins', manager.list());
   const pluginPath = path.resolve(packages[pluginName].path, 'ep.json');
   try {
     const data = await fs.readFile(pluginPath);