diff --git a/src/main/javascript/lib/scriptcraft.js b/src/main/javascript/lib/scriptcraft.js
index b874a44..c270f14 100644
--- a/src/main/javascript/lib/scriptcraft.js
+++ b/src/main/javascript/lib/scriptcraft.js
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ As of February 10 2013, the js-plugins directory has the following sub-directori
 ## Core Module
 
 This module defines commonly used functions by all plugins...
-  
+
+ * echo (message) - Displays a message on the screen. 
+   For example: `/js echo('Hello World')` will print Hello World on the in-game chat window.  
+   For programmers familiar with Javascript web programming, an `alert` function is also provided. 
+   `alert` works exactly the same as `echo` e.g. `alert('Hello World')` 
+
  * load (filename,warnOnFileNotFound) - loads and evaluates a javascript file, returning the evaluated object.
   
  * save (object, filename) - saves an object to a file.
@@ -140,7 +145,7 @@ whose state you want to have managed by ScriptCraft - that is - a
 Module whose state will be loaded at start up and saved at shut down.
 A plugin is just a regular javascript object whose state is managed by
 ScriptCraft.  The only member of the plugin which whose persistence is
-managed by Scriptcraft is `state` - this special member will be
+managed by Scriptcraft is `store` - this special member will be
 automatically saved at shutdown and loaded at startup by
 ScriptCraft. This makes it easier to write plugins which need to
 persist data.
@@ -225,7 +230,6 @@ There are a couple of special javascript variables available in ScriptCraft...
  * self - the current player. (Note - this value should not be used in multi-threaded scripts - it's not thread-safe)
 
 ***/
-var verbose = verbose || false;
 /*
   wph 20130124 - make self, plugin and server public - these are far more useful now that tab-complete works.
 */
@@ -239,13 +243,14 @@ var server = org.bukkit.Bukkit.server;
     //
     if (typeof load == "function")
         return ;
+    var File = java.io.File;
 
     var _canonize = function(file){ 
         return "" + file.getCanonicalPath().replaceAll("\\\\","/"); 
     };
     
     var _originalScript = __script;
-    var parentFileObj = new java.io.File(__script).getParentFile();
+    var parentFileObj = new File(__script).getParentFile();
     var jsPluginsRootDir = parentFileObj.getParentFile();
     var jsPluginsRootDirName = _canonize(jsPluginsRootDir);
 
@@ -257,9 +262,15 @@ var server = org.bukkit.Bukkit.server;
      */
     var _load = function(filename,warnOnFileNotFound)
     {
-        var result = null;
+        var FileReader = java.io.FileReader
+        ,BufferedReader = java.io.BufferedReader
+        ,result = null
+        ,file = filename
+        ,r = undefined;
         
-        var file = new java.io.File(filename);
+        if (!(filename instanceof File))
+            file = new File(filename);
+
         var canonizedFilename = _canonize(file);
         //
         // wph 20130123 don't load the same file more than once.
@@ -267,27 +278,24 @@ var server = org.bukkit.Bukkit.server;
         if (_loaded[canonizedFilename])
             return _loaded[canonizedFilename];
         
-        if (verbose)
-            print("loading " + canonizedFilename);
-        
         if (file.exists()) {
             var parent = file.getParentFile();
-            var reader = new java.io.FileReader(file);
-            var br = new java.io.BufferedReader(reader);
+            var reader = new FileReader(file);
+            var br = new BufferedReader(reader);
             __engine.put("__script",canonizedFilename);
             __engine.put("__folder",(parent?_canonize(parent):"")+"/");
             
             var code = "";
             try{
                 if (file.getCanonicalPath().endsWith(".coffee")) {
-                    var r = undefined;
                     while ((r = br.readLine()) !== null) code += "\"" + r + "\" +\n";
                     code += "\"\"";
                     var code = "load(__folder + \"../core/_coffeescript.js\"); var ___code = "+code+"; eval(CoffeeScript.compile(___code, {bare: true}))";
                 } else {
-                    while ((r = br.readLine()) !== null) code += r + "\n";
+                    while ((r = br.readLine()) !== null) 
+                        code += r + "\n";
                 }
-                result = __engine.eval(code);
+                result = __engine.eval("(" + code + ")");
                 _loaded[canonizedFilename] = result || true;
             }catch (e){
                 __plugin.logger.severe("Error evaluating " + canonizedFilename + ", " + e );
@@ -306,168 +314,12 @@ var server = org.bukkit.Bukkit.server;
         return result;
     };
     /*
-      recursively walk the given directory and return a list of all .js files 
+      now that load is defined, use it to load a global config object
      */
-    var _listSourceFiles = function(store,dir)
-    {
-        if (typeof dir == "undefined"){
-            dir = new java.io.File(_originalScript).getParentFile().getParentFile();
-        }
-        var files = dir.listFiles();
-        for (var i = 0;i < files.length; i++){
-            var file = files[i];
-            if (file.isDirectory()){
-                _listSourceFiles(store,file);
-            }else{
-                if ((file.getCanonicalPath().endsWith(".js") || file.getCanonicalPath().endsWith(".coffee")) &&
-                   !(file.getName().startsWith("_")) &&
-                    file.exists())
-                {
-                    store.push(file);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    };
-    /*
-      sort so that .js files with same name as parent directory appear before
-      other files in the same directory
-     */
-    var sortByModule = function(a,b){
-        a = _canonize(a);
-        b = _canonize(b);
-        var aparts = (""+a).split(/\//);
-        var bparts = (""+b).split(/\//);
-        //var adir = aparts[aparts.length-2];
-        var adir = aparts.slice(0,aparts.length-1).join("/");
-        var afile = aparts[aparts.length-1];
-        //var bdir = bparts[bparts.length-2];
-        var bdir = bparts.slice(0,bparts.length-1).join("/");
-        var bfile = bparts[bparts.length-1];
-        
-        if(adir<bdir) return -1;
-        if(adir>bdir) return 1;
-
-        afile = afile.match(/[a-zA-Z0-9\-_]+/)[0];
-
-        if (adir.match(new RegExp(afile + "$")))
-            return -1;
-        else
-            return 1;
-    };
-    /*
-      Reload all of the .js files in the given directory 
-    */
-    var _reload = function(pluginDir)
-    {
-        _loaded = [];
-        var sourceFiles = [];
-        _listSourceFiles(sourceFiles,pluginDir);
-
-        sourceFiles.sort(sortByModule);
-
-        //
-        // script files whose name begins with _ (underscore)
-        // will not be loaded automatically at startup.
-        // These files are assumed to be dependencies/private to plugins
-        // 
-        // E.g. If you have a plugin called myMiniGame.js in the myMiniGame directory
-        // and which in addition to myMiniGame.js also includes _myMiniGame_currency.js _myMiniGame_events.js etc.
-        // then it's assumed that _myMiniGame_currency.js and _myMiniGame_events.js will be loaded
-        // as dependencies by myMiniGame.js and do not need to be loaded via js reload
-        //
-        var len = sourceFiles.length;
-        for (var i = 0;i < len; i++){
-            load(_canonize(sourceFiles[i]),true);
-        }
-    };
-
-    /*
-      Save a javascript object to a file (saves using JSON notation)
-    */
-    var _save = function(object, filename){
-        var objectToStr = null;
-        try{
-            objectToStr = JSON.stringify(object);
-        }catch(e){
-            print("ERROR: " + e.getMessage() + " while saving " + filename);
-            return;
-        }
-        var f = new java.io.File(filename);
-        var out = new java.io.PrintWriter(new java.io.FileWriter(f));
-        out.println("__data = " + objectToStr);
-        out.close();
-    };
-    /*
-      plugin management
-    */
-    var _plugins = {};
-    var _plugin = function(/* String */ moduleName, /* Object */ moduleObject, isPersistent)
-    {
-        //
-        // don't load plugin more than once
-        //
-        if (typeof _plugins[moduleName] != "undefined")
-            return _plugins[moduleName].module;
-
-        var pluginData = {persistent: isPersistent, module: moduleObject};
-        moduleObject.store = moduleObject.store || {};
-        _plugins[moduleName] = pluginData;
-
-        if (isPersistent)
-            moduleObject.store = load(jsPluginsRootDirName + "/" + moduleName + "-store.txt") || {};
-        
-        global[moduleName] = moduleObject;
-        return moduleObject;
-    };
-    /*
-      allow for deferred execution (once all modules have loaded)
-     */
-    var _deferred = [];
-    var _ready = function( func ){
-        _deferred.push(func);
-    };
-    var _cmdInterceptors = [];
-    /* 
-       command management - allow for non-ops to execute approved javascript code.
-     */
-    var _commands = {};
-    var _command = function(name,func,options,intercepts)
-    {
-        if (typeof name == "undefined"){
-            // it's an invocation from the Java Plugin!
-            if (__cmdArgs.length === 0)
-                throw new Error("Usage: jsp command-name command-parameters");
-            var name = __cmdArgs[0];
-            var cmd = _commands[name];
-            if (typeof cmd === "undefined"){
-                // it's not a global command - pass it on to interceptors
-                var intercepted = false;
-                for (var i = 0;i < _cmdInterceptors.length;i++){
-                    if (_cmdInterceptors[i](__cmdArgs))
-                        intercepted = true;
-                }
-                if (!intercepted)
-                    self.sendMessage("Command '" + name + "' is not recognised");
-            }else{
-                func = cmd.callback;
-                var params = [];
-                for (var i =1; i < __cmdArgs.length;i++){
-                    params.push("" + __cmdArgs[i]);
-                }
-            return func(params);
-            }
-        }else{
-            if (typeof options == "undefined")
-                options = [];
-            _commands[name] = {callback: func, options: options};
-            if (intercepts)
-                _cmdInterceptors.push(func);
-            return func;
-        }
-    };
-    var _rmCommand = function(name){
-        delete _commands[name];
-    };
+    var config = _load(new File(jsPluginsRootDir, "data/global-config.json" ));
+    if (!config)
+        config = {verbose: false};
+    global.config = config;
     /*
       Tab Completion of the /js and /jsp commands
     */
@@ -568,6 +420,7 @@ var server = org.bukkit.Bukkit.server;
         }
         return result;
     };
+    var _commands;
     /*
       Tab completion for the /js command
     */
@@ -775,41 +628,41 @@ See [issue #69][issue69] for more information.
         __plugin.pluginLoader.enablePlugin(__plugin);
     };
 
+    var _echo = function (msg) {
+        __plugin.logger.info( msg );
+        if (typeof self == "undefined"){
+            return;
+        }
+        self.sendMessage(msg);
+    };
 
+    global.echo = _echo;
+    global.alert = _echo;
     global.load = _load;
-    global.save = _save;
-    global.plugin = _plugin;
-    global.ready = _ready;
-    global.command = _command;
+    global.logger = __plugin.logger;
     global._onTabComplete = __onTabCompleteJS;
     global.addUnloadHandler = _addUnloadHandler;
 
-    var fnRequire = load(jsPluginsRootDirName + '/core/_require.js',true);
-    global.require = fnRequire(__plugin, __engine, verbose);
-    //
-    // assumes this was loaded from js-plugins/core/
-    // load all of the plugins.
-    //
-    _reload(jsPluginsRootDir);
+    var fnRequire = load(jsPluginsRootDirName + '/lib/require.js',true);
+    global.require = fnRequire(__plugin.logger, __engine, config.verbose, jsPluginsRootDirName);
 
-    // 
-    // all modules have loaded
-    //
-    for (var i =0;i < _deferred.length;i++)
-        _deferred[i]();
-    
-    events.on("server.PluginDisableEvent",function(l,e){
-        //
-        // save all plugins which have persistent data
-        //
-        for (var moduleName in _plugins){
-            var pluginData = _plugins[moduleName];
-            if (pluginData.persistent)
-                save(pluginData.module.store, jsPluginsRootDirName + "/" + moduleName + "-store.txt");
-        }
-         _runUnloadHandlers();
+
+    var plugins = require('plugin');
+    _commands = plugins.commands;
+    global.plugin = plugins.plugin;
+    global.command = plugins.command;
+    global.save = plugins.save;
+    plugins.autoload(jsPluginsRootDir);
+
+    var events = require('events');
+    events.on('server.PluginDisableEvent',function(l,e){
+        // save config
+        plugins.save(global.config, new File(jsPluginsRootDir, "data/global-config.json" ));
+
+        _runUnloadHandlers();
         org.bukkit.event.HandlerList["unregisterAll(org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin)"](__plugin);
     });
+
 }());