diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/static.js b/src/node/hooks/express/static.js
index e8f9afbb8..9209967ce 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/static.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/static.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ 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) {
-    res.header("Content-Type","application/json; charset: utf-8");
+    res.header("Content-Type","application/json; charset=utf-8");
     res.write(JSON.stringify({"plugins": plugins.plugins, "parts": plugins.parts}));
     res.end();
   });
diff --git a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
index c5c219032..1f3acab35 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ if (exports.isClient) {
       exports.hooks = exports.extractHooks(exports.parts, "client_hooks");
       exports.loaded = true;
       cb();
+     }).error(function(xhr, s, err){
+       console.error("Failed to load plugin-definitions: " + err);
+       cb();
      });
   }
 } else {