diff --git a/cbpi/__init__.py b/cbpi/__init__.py
index 6cf8058..3f59d96 100644
--- a/cbpi/__init__.py
+++ b/cbpi/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "4.0.0.39"
+__version__ = "4.0.0.40"
diff --git a/cbpi/cli.py b/cbpi/cli.py
index 53d5435..d2158cc 100644
--- a/cbpi/cli.py
+++ b/cbpi/cli.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import yaml
 import click
 from subprocess import call
 import zipfile
+from importlib_metadata import version, metadata
 
 from jinja2 import Template
 
@@ -248,13 +249,17 @@ def plugin_remove(package_name):
 
 def plugins_list():
     print("--------------------------------------")
-    print("List of active pluigins")
+    print("List of active plugins")
     try:
         with open(os.path.join(".", 'config', "config.yaml"), 'rt') as f:
             data = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
 
             for p in data["plugins"]:
-                print("- {}".format(p))
+                p_metadata= metadata(p)
+                p_Homepage= p_metadata['Home-page']
+                p_version = p_metadata['Version']
+                p_Author = p_metadata['Author']
+                print("- ({})\t{}".format(p_version,p))
     except Exception as e:
         print(e)
         pass
diff --git a/cbpi/controller/plugin_controller.py b/cbpi/controller/plugin_controller.py
index 60742ad..b61b05c 100644
--- a/cbpi/controller/plugin_controller.py
+++ b/cbpi/controller/plugin_controller.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import logging
 import os
 from importlib import import_module
+from importlib_metadata import version, metadata
 import datetime
 import aiohttp
+import asyncio
 import yaml
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -167,3 +169,31 @@ class PluginController():
                     {"method": method_name, "label": key, "parameters": parameters})
 
         return result
+
+    async def load_plugin_list(self):
+        result = []
+        try:
+            with open(os.path.join(".", 'config', "config.yaml"), 'rt') as f:
+                data = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+
+                for p in data["plugins"]:
+                    try:
+                        p_metadata= metadata(p)
+                        p_name = p_metadata['name']
+                        p_version = p_metadata['Version']
+                        p_summary = p_metadata['Summary']
+                        p_homepage= p_metadata['Home-page']
+                        p_author = p_metadata['Author']
+                        p_author_email = p_metadata['Author-email']
+                        p_license = p_metadata['License']
+                        p_description = p_metadata['Description']
+                        plugin_data = {'Name': p_name,'Version': p_version,'Summary': p_summary,'Homepage':p_homepage,'Author':p_author,'Email': p_author_email,'License': p_license,'Description': p_description}
+                        result.append(plugin_data)
+                    except:
+                        pass
+#                    print("- ({})\t{}".format(p_version,p))
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(e)
+            return []
+            pass
+        return result
diff --git a/cbpi/http_endpoints/http_plugin.py b/cbpi/http_endpoints/http_plugin.py
index 5a63789..fc3ae2c 100644
--- a/cbpi/http_endpoints/http_plugin.py
+++ b/cbpi/http_endpoints/http_plugin.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from aiohttp import web
 from cbpi.api import request_mapping
 from cbpi.utils import json_dumps
+import logging
 
 
 class PluginHttpEndpoints:
@@ -83,4 +84,5 @@ class PluginHttpEndpoints:
                 "405":
                     description: invalid HTTP Method
             """
-        return web.json_response(await self.cbpi.plugin.load_plugin_list(), dumps=json_dumps)
+        plugin_list = await self.cbpi.plugin.load_plugin_list()
+        return web.json_response(plugin_list, dumps=json_dumps)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d9ebed4..6dc39e9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ setup(name='cbpi',
           'psutil==5.8.0',
           'numpy==1.20.3',
           'scipy',
-          'cbpi4ui'] + (
+          'cbpi4ui',
+          'importlib_metadata'] + (
               ['RPi.GPIO'] if platform.uname()[1] == "raspberrypi" else [] ),
 
         dependency_links=[