diff --git a/extraPlugin/extra-plugin.js b/extraPlugin/extra-plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb7e0e227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extraPlugin/extra-plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+const {configValidator} = require('../scully/bin');
+
+console.log(__dirname)
+
+exports.extraRoutesPlugin = (route, options) => {
+  const {createPath} = routeSplit(route);
+  if (options.numberOfPages) {
+    return Array.from({length: options.numberOfPages}, (_v, k) => k).map(n => ({
+      route: `${createPath(`${n}`)}`,
+      title: `page number ${n}`,
+    }));
+  }
+  if (options.data) {
+    return options.data.map(item => ({
+      route: createPath(item.data),
+      title: item.title || '',
+    }));
+  }
+  return [];
+};
+/** the validator is mandatory */
+exports.extraRoutesPlugin[configValidator] = async options => [];
+
diff --git a/scully.config.js b/scully.config.js
index 296a9476a..b6eb03a1d 100644
--- a/scully.config.js
+++ b/scully.config.js
@@ -1,25 +1,9 @@
-const extraRoutesPlugin = (route, options) => {
-  const {createPath} = routeSplit(route);
-  if (options.numberOfPages) {
-    return Array.from({length: options.numberOfPages}, (_v, k) => k).map(n => ({
-      route: `${createPath(`${n}`)}`,
-      title: `page number ${n}`,
-    }));
-  }
-  if (options.data) {
-    return options.data.map(item => ({
-      route: createPath(item.data),
-      title: item.title || '',
-    }));
-  }
-  return [];
-};
-extraRoutesPlugin[configValidator] = async config => {
-  return [];
-};
-
+/** load the plugin  */
+const {extraRoutesPlugin} = require('./extraPlugin/extra-plugin.js')
+/** register the plugin */
 registerPlugin('router', 'extra', extraRoutesPlugin);
 
+
 exports.config = {
   /** projectRoot is mandatory! */
   projectRoot: './projects/sampleBlog/src/app',
diff --git a/scully/package-lock.json b/scully/package-lock.json
index bf2b8cea9..7a3e37a4a 100644
--- a/scully/package-lock.json
+++ b/scully/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@scullyio/scully",
-  "version": "0.0.44",
+  "version": "0.0.45",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/scully/package.json b/scully/package.json
index 9b6366030..8d27d48d9 100644
--- a/scully/package.json
+++ b/scully/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@scullyio/scully",
-  "version": "0.0.44",
+  "version": "0.0.45",
   "description": "Scully CLI",
   "repository": {
     "type": "GIT",
diff --git a/scully/pluginManagement/pluginRepository.ts b/scully/pluginManagement/pluginRepository.ts
index 626516423..56fdab248 100644
--- a/scully/pluginManagement/pluginRepository.ts
+++ b/scully/pluginManagement/pluginRepository.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import {HandledRoute} from '../routerPlugins/addOptionalRoutesPlugin';
 import {logError, yellow} from '../utils/log';
 
-export const configValidator = Symbol('configValidator');
+// export const configValidator = Symbol('configValidator');
+export const configValidator = `___Scully_Validate_config_plugin___`;
 
 export type PluginHandler = (...args: any) => Promise<any>;
 export interface Plugin {
diff --git a/scully/utils/compileConfig.ts b/scully/utils/compileConfig.ts
index 8a15feae8..3042c6add 100644
--- a/scully/utils/compileConfig.ts
+++ b/scully/utils/compileConfig.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {join} from 'path';
 import {createContext, runInContext} from 'vm';
 import {ScullyConfig} from '..';
 import {configValidator, registerPlugin} from '../pluginManagement/pluginRepository';
-import {angularRoot} from './config';
+import {angularRoot, scullyConfig} from './config';
 import {routeSplit} from './routeSplit';
 
 export const compileConfig = async (): Promise<ScullyConfig> => {
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ export const compileConfig = async (): Promise<ScullyConfig> => {
       registerPlugin,
       configValidator,
       routeSplit,
-      require,
+      global,
+      require: (path: string) => (path.startsWith('@') ? require(path) : require(join(angularRoot, path))),
     });
     // const tsCompilerConfig: CreateOptions = {
     //   logError: true,
@@ -46,3 +47,7 @@ export const compileConfig = async (): Promise<ScullyConfig> => {
     return ({} as unknown) as ScullyConfig;
   }
 };
+
+function myReq(path: string): Promise<any> {
+  return import(join(scullyConfig.homeFolder, path));
+}