prs help, why is it dying on me

backendsrc/FrontblockAdmin.ts

@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 import * as Logger from 'log4js'
 import { Plugin, socketioRPC } from 'frontblock-generic/Plugin';
 import { ErrorResponse, SuccessResponse } from 'frontblock-generic/Types';
-import { FrontblockApiConf } from "frontblock/FrontblockApiClient"
+//import { FrontblockApiConf } from "frontblock/FrontblockApiClient"
+import {PluginManager} from "live-plugin-manager";
 
-type pluginEntry = {pluginPath:string, conf?:any}
+type pluginEntry = {pluginName:string}
 const pluginList:pluginEntry[] = [
+    {pluginName: 'frontblock'}
     //{ pluginPath: '../../paymentmanager/static/Plugin', conf:<FrontblockApiConf>{ apiHost: 'localhost' /*/ 'api.testnet.frontblock.me' */, apiPort: 10001 } },
     //{ pluginPath: '../../htmlsupplier/static/Plugin' },
-    { pluginPath: 'frontblock/FrontblockApiClient', conf:<FrontblockApiConf>{ apiHost: /*/ 'localhost' */ 'api.testnet.frontblock.me' , apiPort: 10001 } }
+//    { pluginPath: 'frontblock/FrontblockApiClient', conf:<FrontblockApiConf>{ apiHost: /*/ 'localhost' */ 'api.testnet.frontblock.me' , apiPort: 10001 } }
 ]
 
 const express = require('express')
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ Logger.configure({
 })
 const logger = Logger.getLogger("admin") 
 
+const manager = new PluginManager();
+
 type hookRPC   = { type: 'hook', generator: (socket) => Function, unhook:(uid:string)=>Promise<ErrorResponse|SuccessResponse>}
 type unhookRPC = { type: 'unhook', fn: Function}
 type callRPC   = { type: 'call', fn: Function}
@@ -74,11 +78,19 @@ export class FrontblockAdmin{
 
     private async loadPlugins(){
         this.plugins = []
+        
         pluginList.forEach(async (entry:pluginEntry) => {
-            const clazz = await import(entry.pluginPath)
-            let obj = new clazz.default(entry.conf)
-            this.plugins.push(obj)
+
+            logger.info("installing plugin " + entry.pluginName)
+            const info = await manager.installFromNpm(entry.pluginName);
+
+            logger.info("loading plugin " + info)
+            const clazz = manager.require(entry.pluginName);
+
+            //let obj = new clazz.default(entry.conf)
+            //this.plugins.push(obj)
         })
+        
     }
 
     private initApis(socket){