diff --git a/control/plugin.json b/control/plugin.json
index 06c83f2..ffcbeea 100644
--- a/control/plugin.json
+++ b/control/plugin.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "name": "control",
   "description": "Squeebot Plugin Management API and sockets",
   "tags": ["api", "control", "management"],
-  "version": "0.1.2",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
   "dependencies": [],
   "npmDependencies": []
 }
diff --git a/control/plugin.ts b/control/plugin.ts
index 3722149..abb836a 100644
--- a/control/plugin.ts
+++ b/control/plugin.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ interface ControlCommand {
 
 let controlCommands: ControlCommand[] = [
   {
-    name: 'execute',
+    name: 'loadPlugin',
     plugin: 'control',
     execute: async (p: ControlPlugin, plugin: string): Promise<void> => {
       if (!plugin) {
@@ -325,11 +325,7 @@ let controlCommands: ControlCommand[] = [
       if (!name) {
         throw new Error('This function takes 1 argument.');
       }
-      const plugin = p.plugins.get(name);
-      if (!plugin) {
-        throw new Error('This plugin has not registered a schema in control.');
-      }
-      return plugin;
+      return p.getPluginSchema(name);
     },
   },
   {
@@ -405,6 +401,126 @@ class ControlPlugin extends Plugin {
     this.addEventListener('core', (core: ISqueebotCore) => this.core = core);
     this.emitTo('core', 'request-core', this.name);
     this.createSocket();
+    this.getPluginSchema(this.name).catch(
+      () => logger.error('[control] How embarrasing! control could not load it\'s own schema!')
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load a plugin schema from it's schema file, if it exists.
+   * @param name Plugin name
+   * @returns Plugin schema
+   */
+  public async loadPluginSchema(name: string): Promise<any> {
+    if (!this.core) {
+      throw new Error('control could not access the core.');
+    }
+
+    const { pluginsPath } = this.core.environment;
+    const schemaPath = path.join(pluginsPath, name, 'schema.json');
+    let schema: any;
+
+    try {
+      const fileRead = await fs.readFile(schemaPath, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+      schema = JSON.parse(fileRead);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      throw new Error('No schema file found, it is not accessible or is not valid JSON.');
+    }
+
+    if (!schema.type) {
+      throw new Error('Schema does not specify what type of object it is referencing.');
+    }
+
+    this.plugins.set(name, schema);
+    return schema;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Register a plugin's configuration schema directly instead of reading from file.
+   * @param name Plugin name
+   * @param confspec Static schema
+   */
+  public registerPluginConfigSchema(name: string, confspec?: any): void {
+    this.plugins.set(name, confspec);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load a plugin's configuration schema from memory or from file.
+   * @param name Plugin name
+   * @returns Schema
+   * @throws Error if schema is not found or is invalid
+   */
+  public async getPluginSchema(name: string): Promise<any> {
+    if (this.plugins.has(name)) {
+      return this.plugins.get(name);
+    }
+
+    return this.loadPluginSchema(name);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Execute a registered control command.
+   * @param command Control command
+   * @param args Control command arguments
+   * @returns Control command response
+   */
+  public async executeControlCommand(command: string, args: string[]): Promise<any> {
+    if (!this.core) {
+      throw new Error('The control plugin cannot control the bot right now.');
+    }
+    const cmdobj = controlCommands.find(k => k.name === command);
+    if (!cmdobj || !cmdobj.execute) {
+      throw new Error('No such command');
+    }
+    return cmdobj.execute.call(this, this, ...args);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Register a new custom control command.
+   * @param obj ControlCommand object
+   */
+  public registerControlCommand(obj: ControlCommand): void {
+    if (!obj.execute || !obj.name || !obj.plugin) {
+      throw new Error('Invalid command object.');
+    }
+    const exists = controlCommands.find(k => k.name === obj.name);
+    if (exists) {
+      throw new Error('Control commands should not be overwritten.');
+    }
+    controlCommands.push(obj);
+    logger.log('[%s] registered control command', this.name, obj.name);
+  }
+
+  public listControlCommands(): string[] {
+    return controlCommands.map((command) => command.name);
+  }
+
+  @EventListener('pluginUnload')
+  public unloadEventHandler(plugin: string | Plugin): void {
+    if (plugin === this.name || plugin === this) {
+      logger.debug('[%s]', this.name, 'shutting down..');
+
+      if (this.server) {
+        logger.log('[%s] Stopping socket server..', this.name);
+        this.server.close();
+        for (const sock of this.sockets) {
+          sock.destroy();
+        }
+        this.sockets.clear();
+      }
+
+      this.plugins.clear();
+      this.emit('pluginUnloaded', this);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @EventListener('pluginUnloaded')
+  public unloadedEventHandler(plugin: string | Plugin): void {
+    if (typeof plugin !== 'string') {
+      plugin = plugin.manifest.name;
+    }
+    this.plugins.delete(plugin);
+    controlCommands = controlCommands.filter(k => k.plugin !== plugin);
   }
 
   private errorToClient(socket: TLSSocket | Socket, error: Error): void {
@@ -551,62 +667,6 @@ class ControlPlugin extends Plugin {
         this.name, c.bind.toString());
     });
   }
-
-  public registerPluginConfigSchema(name: string, confspec?: any): void {
-    this.plugins.set(name, confspec);
-  }
-
-  public async executeControlCommand(command: string, args: string[]): Promise<any> {
-    if (!this.core) {
-      throw new Error('The control plugin cannot control the bot right now.');
-    }
-    const cmdobj = controlCommands.find(k => k.name === command);
-    if (!cmdobj || !cmdobj.execute) {
-      throw new Error('No such command');
-    }
-    return cmdobj.execute.call(this, this, ...args);
-  }
-
-  public registerControlCommand(obj: ControlCommand): void {
-    if (!obj.execute || !obj.name || !obj.plugin) {
-      throw new Error('Invalid command object.');
-    }
-    const exists = controlCommands.find(k => k.name === obj.name);
-    if (exists) {
-      throw new Error('Control commands should not be overwritten.');
-    }
-    controlCommands.push(obj);
-    logger.log('[%s] registered control command', this.name, obj.name);
-  }
-
-  @EventListener('pluginUnload')
-  public unloadEventHandler(plugin: string | Plugin): void {
-    if (plugin === this.name || plugin === this) {
-      logger.debug('[%s]', this.name, 'shutting down..');
-
-      if (this.server) {
-        logger.log('[%s] Stopping socket server..', this.name);
-        this.server.close();
-        for (const sock of this.sockets) {
-          sock.destroy();
-        }
-        this.sockets.clear();
-      }
-
-      this.plugins.clear();
-      this.config.save().then(() =>
-        this.emit('pluginUnloaded', this));
-    }
-  }
-
-  @EventListener('pluginUnloaded')
-  public unloadedEventHandler(plugin: string | Plugin): void {
-    if (typeof plugin !== 'string') {
-      plugin = plugin.manifest.name;
-    }
-    this.plugins.delete(plugin);
-    controlCommands = controlCommands.filter(k => k.plugin !== plugin);
-  }
 }
 
 module.exports = ControlPlugin;
diff --git a/squeebot.repo.json b/squeebot.repo.json
index 2a6b3a8..e1d1333 100644
--- a/squeebot.repo.json
+++ b/squeebot.repo.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "plugins": [
     {
       "name": "control",
-      "version": "0.1.2"
+      "version": "0.1.3"
     },
     {
       "name": "cron",