diff --git a/configure/plugin.go b/configure/plugin.go
index b5a71b8..03a656b 100644
--- a/configure/plugin.go
+++ b/configure/plugin.go
@@ -100,31 +100,7 @@ func fetchPlugin(cachePath, binPath string, descriptor pluginBlock) (string, err
 	}
 }
 
-func loadPlugin(pluginPath string, descriptor pluginBlock) (*sdk.Plugin, error) {
-	plugin, err := plugin.Open(pluginPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed loading the library providing %s ( %s @ %s ):\n%s",
-			descriptor.Name, descriptor.Source, pluginPath, err)
-	}
-
-	makePluginSym, err := plugin.Lookup("Plugin")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed loading the provider func for %s:\n%s", descriptor.Name, err)
-	}
-
-	if makePluginSym == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed loading the provider func for %s:\nLookup \"Plugin\" is nil", descriptor.Name)
-	}
-
-	makePlugin, ok := makePluginSym.(func() *sdk.Plugin)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed loading the provider func for %s:\nnot OK: %+v", descriptor.Name, makePluginSym)
-	}
-
-	return makePlugin(), nil
-}
-
-func collectPlugins(cachePath, binPath string, blocks []pluginBlock) (map[string]string, error) {
+func fetchPlugins(cachePath, binPath string, blocks []pluginBlock) (map[string]string, error) {
 	collected := make(map[string]string, len(blocks))
 	for _, desc := range blocks {
 		loc, err := fetchPlugin(cachePath, binPath, desc)
@@ -138,26 +114,13 @@ func collectPlugins(cachePath, binPath string, blocks []pluginBlock) (map[string
 	return collected, nil
 }
 
-func loadPlugins(binPaths map[string]string, blocks []pluginBlock) ([]*sdk.Plugin, error) {
-	plugins := make([]*sdk.Plugin, len(blocks))
-	for i, descriptor := range blocks {
-		binPath, ok := binPaths[descriptor.Name]
-		if !ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("binary not found for plugin %s", descriptor.Name)
-		}
-
-		plugin, err := loadPlugin(binPath, descriptor)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to load plugin %s: %s", descriptor.Name, err)
-		}
-
-		plugins[i] = plugin
-	}
-
-	return plugins, nil
-}
+/*
+TODO: de-wrap loadPlugins and put housekeeping somewhere else
 
-func CollectPlugins(initPath string, blocks []pluginBlock) (map[string]string, error) {
+Fetch plugins, cloning and building them if necessary, producing a map plugin-name -> bin-path.
+Make sure cache and build paths are made, cache path is cleaned, before wraping fetchPlugins
+*/
+func FetchPlugins(initPath string, blocks []pluginBlock) (map[string]string, error) {
 	cachePath, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "psyduck-plugin-*")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to cache dir: %s", err)
@@ -168,7 +131,7 @@ func CollectPlugins(initPath string, blocks []pluginBlock) (map[string]string, e
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create binpath: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	collected, err := collectPlugins(cachePath, binPath, blocks)
+	collected, err := fetchPlugins(cachePath, binPath, blocks)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to collect: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -180,6 +143,51 @@ func CollectPlugins(initPath string, blocks []pluginBlock) (map[string]string, e
 	return collected, nil
 }
 
+func loadPlugin(name, binPath string) (*sdk.Plugin, error) {
+	plugin, err := plugin.Open(binPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed loading the library providing %s (@ %s):\n%s", name, binPath, err)
+	}
+
+	makePluginSym, err := plugin.Lookup("Plugin")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed loading the provider func for %s:\n%s", name, err)
+	}
+
+	if makePluginSym == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed loading the provider func for %s:\nLookup \"Plugin\" is nil", name)
+	}
+
+	makePlugin, ok := makePluginSym.(func() *sdk.Plugin)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed loading the provider func for %s:\nnot OK: %+v", name, makePluginSym)
+	}
+
+	return makePlugin(), nil
+}
+
+func loadPlugins(binPaths map[string]string) ([]*sdk.Plugin, error) {
+	i := 0
+	plugins := make([]*sdk.Plugin, len(binPaths))
+	for name, binPath := range binPaths {
+		plugin, err := loadPlugin(name, binPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to load plugin %s: %s", name, err)
+		}
+
+		plugins[i] = plugin
+		i++
+	}
+
+	return plugins, nil
+}
+
+/*
+TODO: de-wrap loadPlugins and put housekeeping somewhere else
+
+Load all of the plugins described by plugin blocks from binaries in the init path
+This assumes that `init` was called on the directory being worked in, and relies on the existance of a `plugin.json`
+*/
 func LoadPlugins(initPath string, blocks []pluginBlock) ([]*sdk.Plugin, error) {
 	b, err := os.ReadFile(path.Join(initPath, "plugin.json"))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -191,7 +199,7 @@ func LoadPlugins(initPath string, blocks []pluginBlock) ([]*sdk.Plugin, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode binPaths: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	loaded, err := loadPlugins(binPaths, blocks)
+	loaded, err := loadPlugins(binPaths)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load plugins from json: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e2f5674..be069d5 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func cmdinit(ctx *cli.Context) error { // init is a different thing in go
 		return diags
 	}
 
-	pluginPaths, err := configure.CollectPlugins(initPath, pluginBlocks)
+	pluginPaths, err := configure.FetchPlugins(initPath, pluginBlocks)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}