diff --git a/cbpi/__init__.py b/cbpi/__init__.py
index be197c8..7b27d51 100644
--- a/cbpi/__init__.py
+++ b/cbpi/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "4.1.7"
+__version__ = "4.1.8.a1"
 __codename__ = "Groundhog Day"
 
diff --git a/cbpi/api/dataclasses.py b/cbpi/api/dataclasses.py
index 5007a64..c840f5c 100644
--- a/cbpi/api/dataclasses.py
+++ b/cbpi/api/dataclasses.py
@@ -199,11 +199,12 @@ class Config:
     description: str = None
     type: ConfigType = ConfigType.STRING
     options: Any = None
+    source: str = None
 
     def __str__(self):
         return "....name={} value={}".format(self.name, self.value)
     def to_dict(self):  
-        return dict(name=self.name, value=self.value, type=self.type.value, description=self.description, options=self.options)
+        return dict(name=self.name, value=self.value, type=self.type.value, description=self.description, options=self.options, source=self.source)
 
 @dataclass  
 class NotificationAction:
diff --git a/cbpi/controller/config_controller.py b/cbpi/controller/config_controller.py
index 6d62d79..2159706 100644
--- a/cbpi/controller/config_controller.py
+++ b/cbpi/controller/config_controller.py
@@ -19,21 +19,18 @@ class ConfigController:
         self.path_static = cbpi.config_folder.get_file_path("config.yaml")
         self.logger.info("Config folder path : " + os.path.join(Path(self.cbpi.config_folder.configFolderPath).absolute()))
 
-    def get_state(self):
-        
+    def get_state(self):  
         result = {}
         for key, value in self.cache.items():
             result[key] = value.to_dict()
-        
-        return result
-        
+        return result    
 
     async def init(self):
         self.static = load_config(self.path_static)
         with open(self.path) as json_file:
             data = json.load(json_file)
             for key, value in data.items():
-                self.cache[key] = Config(name=value.get("name"), value=value.get("value"), description=value.get("description"), type=ConfigType(value.get("type", "string")), options=value.get("options", None) )
+                self.cache[key] = Config(name=value.get("name"), value=value.get("value"), description=value.get("description"), type=ConfigType(value.get("type", "string")), options=value.get("options", None), source=value.get("source", "craftbeerpi") )
 
     def get(self, name, default=None):
         self.logger.debug("GET CONFIG VALUE %s (default %s)" % (name, default))
diff --git a/cbpi/controller/plugin_controller.py b/cbpi/controller/plugin_controller.py
index e958371..23da582 100644
--- a/cbpi/controller/plugin_controller.py
+++ b/cbpi/controller/plugin_controller.py
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ class PluginController():
                     from importlib.metadata import (distribution, metadata,
                                                     version)
                     meta = metadata(key)
+                    logging.warning(key)
                     result.append({row: meta[row]
                                   for row in list(metadata(key))})
                 except Exception as e:
@@ -215,3 +216,26 @@ class PluginController():
             logger.error(e)
             return []
         return result
+    
+    async def load_plugin_names(self, filter="cbpi"):
+        result = []
+        result.append(dict(Name="craftbeerpi"))
+        try:
+            discovered_plugins = {
+            name: importlib.import_module(name)
+            for finder, name, ispkg
+            in pkgutil.iter_modules()
+            if name.startswith('cbpi') and len(name) > 4
+            }
+            for key, module in discovered_plugins.items():
+                try:
+                    meta = metadata(key)
+                    result.append(dict(Name=meta["Name"]))
+                            
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.error("FAILED to load plugin {} ".format(key))
+                    logger.error(e)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(e)
+            return result
+        return result