diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gtnexus/appxpress/AppXpressDirResolver.java b/src/main/java/com/gtnexus/appxpress/AppXpressDirResolver.java
index 6ae048d..70edcab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gtnexus/appxpress/AppXpressDirResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gtnexus/appxpress/AppXpressDirResolver.java
@@ -26,5 +26,11 @@ public Path resovleCurrentDirectory() {
 		 String cwd = System.getProperty(CURRENT_DIR);
 		 return Paths.get(cwd).toAbsolutePath(); 
 	 }
+	 
+	 public static class Helper {
+		 public static Path resolveAppxpressDir() {
+			 return new File(String.format(DIR_TEMPLATE, System.getProperty(USER_HOME))).toPath();
+		 }
+	 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gtnexus/appxpress/commons/file/filter/FileFilterFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/gtnexus/appxpress/commons/file/filter/FileFilterFactory.java
index 8c8e408..86e3982 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gtnexus/appxpress/commons/file/filter/FileFilterFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gtnexus/appxpress/commons/file/filter/FileFilterFactory.java
@@ -85,4 +85,8 @@ public boolean accept(File f) {
 		};
 	}
 	
+	public static FileFilter isJar() {
+		return endsWith(".jar");
+	}
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gtnexus/appxpress/plugin/PluginLoader.java b/src/main/java/com/gtnexus/appxpress/plugin/PluginLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..485fe0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gtnexus/appxpress/plugin/PluginLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.gtnexus.appxpress.plugin;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLClassLoader;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import com.gtnexus.appxpress.AppXpressDirResolver;
+import com.gtnexus.appxpress.commons.file.filter.FileFilterFactory;
+
+public class PluginLoader {
+	
+	public void findPlugins() {
+		Path appxDirPath = AppXpressDirResolver.Helper.resolveAppxpressDir();
+		File appxDir = appxDirPath.toFile();
+		if(appxDir.exists()) { //TODO:we have this somewhere already ...
+			File[] jars = appxDir.listFiles(FileFilterFactory.isJar());
+			
+		}
+	}
+	
+	protected void asPayload(File jar) {
+		
+	}
+	
+	protected void load() {
+		URL[] urls = new URL[]{};
+		String canonicalName = null;
+		ClassLoader loader = URLClassLoader.newInstance(urls);
+		try {
+			Class<?> plugin = loader.loadClass(canonicalName);
+			Object newInstance = plugin.newInstance();
+		} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private class Payload {
+		private boolean isEligible;
+		private String canonicalName;
+		private File jar;
+	}
+}
+