diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/static.js b/src/node/hooks/express/static.js
index 9209967ce..f284e4783 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/static.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/static.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var settings = require("../../utils/Settings");
 var Yajsml = require('yajsml');
 var fs = require("fs");
 var ERR = require("async-stacktrace");
+var _ = require("underscore");
 
 exports.expressCreateServer = function (hook_name, args, cb) {
   // Cache both minified and static.
@@ -35,8 +36,22 @@ exports.expressCreateServer = function (hook_name, args, cb) {
   // serve plugin definitions
   // not very static, but served here so that client can do require("pluginfw/static/js/plugin-definitions.js");
   args.app.get('/pluginfw/plugin-definitions.json', function (req, res, next) {
+
+    var clientParts = _(plugins.parts)
+      .filter(function(part){ return _(part).has('client_hooks') });
+      
+    var clientPlugins = {};
+    
+    _(clientParts).chain()
+      .map(function(part){ return part.plugin })
+      .uniq()
+      .each(function(name){
+        clientPlugins[name] = _(plugins.plugins[name]).clone();
+        delete clientPlugins[name]['package'];
+      });
+      
     res.header("Content-Type","application/json; charset=utf-8");
-    res.write(JSON.stringify({"plugins": plugins.plugins, "parts": plugins.parts}));
+    res.write(JSON.stringify({"plugins": clientPlugins, "parts": clientParts}));
     res.end();
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/node/utils/Minify.js b/src/node/utils/Minify.js
index b5d7b4727..1466ceafb 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/Minify.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/Minify.js
@@ -131,7 +131,10 @@ exports.minify = function(req, res, next)
         res.end();
       } else if (req.method == 'GET') {
         getFileCompressed(filename, contentType, function (error, content) {
-          if(ERR(error)) return;
+          if(ERR(error, function(){
+            res.writeHead(500, {});
+            res.end();
+          })) return;
           res.header("Content-Type", contentType);
           res.writeHead(200, {});
           res.write(content);
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index 0d4ad5386..83441da08 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@
                       "log4js"              : "0.4.1",
                       "jsdom-nocontextifiy" : "0.2.10",
                       "async-stacktrace"    : "0.0.2",
-		      "npm"		    : "1.1",
-		      "ejs"		    : "0.6.1",
-		      "node.extend"         : "1.0.0",
+                      "npm"                 : "1.1",
+                      "ejs"                 : "0.6.1",
                       "graceful-fs"         : "1.1.5",
                       "slide"               : "1.1.3",
                       "semver"              : "1.0.13",
diff --git a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
index 058f1351f..db0b92e49 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ if (!exports.isClient) {
   var fs = require("fs");
   var tsort = require("./tsort");
   var util = require("util");
-  var extend = require("node.extend");
   _ = require("underscore");
 }else{
-  var $, jQuery
+  var $, jQuery;
   $ = jQuery = require("ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/rjquery").$;
   _ = require("ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/underscore");
 }
@@ -31,15 +30,15 @@ exports.ensure = function (cb) {
     exports.update(cb);
   else
     cb();
-}
+};
 
 exports.formatPlugins = function () {
   return _.keys(exports.plugins).join(", ");
-}
+};
 
 exports.formatParts = function () {
   return _.map(exports.parts, function (part) { return part.full_name; }).join("\n");
-}
+};
 
 exports.formatHooks = function () {
   var res = [];
@@ -49,33 +48,39 @@ exports.formatHooks = function () {
     });
   });
   return res.join("\n");
-}
+};
 
-exports.loadFn = function (path) {
+exports.loadFn = function (path, hookName) {
   var x = path.split(":");
   var fn = require(x[0]);
-  _.each(x[1].split("."), function (name) {
+  var functionName = x[1] ? x[1] : hookName;  
+  
+  _.each(functionName.split("."), function (name) {
     fn = fn[name];
   });
   return fn;
-}
+};
 
 exports.extractHooks = function (parts, hook_set_name) {
   var hooks = {};
   _.each(parts,function (part) {
-    _.chain(part[hook_set_name] || {}).keys().each(function (hook_name) {
+    _.chain(part[hook_set_name] || {})
+    .keys()
+    .each(function (hook_name) {
       if (hooks[hook_name] === undefined) hooks[hook_name] = [];
+      
+      
       var hook_fn_name = part[hook_set_name][hook_name];
-      var hook_fn = exports.loadFn(part[hook_set_name][hook_name]);
+      var hook_fn = exports.loadFn(hook_fn_name, hook_name);
       if (hook_fn) {
         hooks[hook_name].push({"hook_name": hook_name, "hook_fn": hook_fn, "hook_fn_name": hook_fn_name, "part": part});
       } else {
-	console.error("Unable to load hook function for " + part.full_name + " for hook " + hook_name + ": " + part.hooks[hook_name]);
+        console.error("Unable to load hook function for " + part.full_name + " for hook " + hook_name + ": " + part.hooks[hook_name]);
       }	
     });
   });
   return hooks;
-}
+};
 
 
 if (exports.isClient) {
@@ -90,7 +95,7 @@ if (exports.isClient) {
        console.error("Failed to load plugin-definitions: " + err);
        cb();
      });
-  }
+  };
 } else {
 
 exports.update = function (cb) {
@@ -104,15 +109,15 @@ exports.update = function (cb) {
         exports.loadPlugin(packages, plugin_name, plugins, parts, cb);
       },
       function (err) {
-	exports.plugins = plugins;
+        exports.plugins = plugins;
         exports.parts = exports.sortParts(parts);
         exports.hooks = exports.extractHooks(exports.parts, "hooks");
-	exports.loaded = true;
+        exports.loaded = true;
         cb(err);
       }
     );
   });
-}
+  };
 
 exports.getPackages = function (cb) {
   // Load list of installed NPM packages, flatten it to a list, and filter out only packages with names that
@@ -122,49 +127,50 @@ exports.getPackages = function (cb) {
     var packages = {};
     function flatten(deps) {
       _.chain(deps).keys().each(function (name) {
-        if (name.indexOf(exports.prefix) == 0) {
-          packages[name] = extend({}, deps[name]);
+        if (name.indexOf(exports.prefix) === 0) {
+          packages[name] = _.clone(deps[name]);
           // Delete anything that creates loops so that the plugin
           // list can be sent as JSON to the web client
           delete packages[name].dependencies;
           delete packages[name].parent;
-	}
-	if (deps[name].dependencies !== undefined)
-	  flatten(deps[name].dependencies);
+        }
+      
+        if (deps[name].dependencies !== undefined) flatten(deps[name].dependencies);
       });
     }
+  
     var tmp = {};
     tmp[data.name] = data;
     flatten(tmp);
     cb(null, packages);
   });
-}
+  };
 
-exports.loadPlugin = function (packages, plugin_name, plugins, parts, cb) {
+  exports.loadPlugin = function (packages, plugin_name, plugins, parts, cb) {
   var plugin_path = path.resolve(packages[plugin_name].path, "ep.json");
   fs.readFile(
     plugin_path,
     function (er, data) {
       if (er) {
-	console.error("Unable to load plugin definition file " + plugin_path);
+        console.error("Unable to load plugin definition file " + plugin_path);
         return cb();
       }
       try {
         var plugin = JSON.parse(data);
-	plugin.package = packages[plugin_name];
-	plugins[plugin_name] = plugin;
-	_.each(plugin.parts, function (part) {
-	  part.plugin = plugin_name;
-	  part.full_name = plugin_name + "/" + part.name;
-	  parts[part.full_name] = part;
-	});
+        plugin['package'] = packages[plugin_name];
+        plugins[plugin_name] = plugin;
+        _.each(plugin.parts, function (part) {
+          part.plugin = plugin_name;
+          part.full_name = plugin_name + "/" + part.name;
+          parts[part.full_name] = part;
+        });
       } catch (ex) {
-	console.error("Unable to parse plugin definition file " + plugin_path + ": " + ex.toString());
+        console.error("Unable to parse plugin definition file " + plugin_path + ": " + ex.toString());
       }
       cb();
     }
   );
-}
+  };
 
 exports.partsToParentChildList = function (parts) {
   var res = [];
@@ -180,7 +186,7 @@ exports.partsToParentChildList = function (parts) {
     }
   });
   return res;
-}
+};
 
 
 // Used only in Node, so no need for _