diff --git a/src/components/pluginManager.js b/src/components/pluginManager.js
index 9fe44ab43..6c48b7ef7 100644
--- a/src/components/pluginManager.js
+++ b/src/components/pluginManager.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ import { playbackManager } from './playback/playbackmanager';
                     let pluginInstance = await window[pluginSpec];
 
                     if (typeof pluginInstance === 'function') {
-                        pluginInstance = await pluginInstance();
+                        pluginInstance = await new pluginInstance();
                     }
 
                     // init plugin and pass basic dependencies
diff --git a/src/scripts/site.js b/src/scripts/site.js
index a704b71ea..521d3181f 100644
--- a/src/scripts/site.js
+++ b/src/scripts/site.js
@@ -143,13 +143,9 @@ function loadPlugins() {
             list = list.concat(window.NativeShell.getPlugins());
         }
 
-        Promise.all(list.map((plugin) => {
-            return pluginManager.loadPlugin(plugin);
-        }))
-            .then(function () {
-                console.debug('finished loading plugins');
-            })
-            .catch(() => console.debug('failed loading plugins'))
+        Promise.all(list.map(plugin => pluginManager.loadPlugin(plugin)))
+            .then(() => console.debug('finished loading plugins'))
+            .catch(e => console.warn('failed loading plugins', e))
             .finally(() => {
                 console.groupEnd('loading installed plugins');
                 packageManager.init();