diff --git a/terminatorlib/plugin.py b/terminatorlib/plugin.py
index 7a0487a4..ac9d3aa9 100644
--- a/terminatorlib/plugin.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/plugin.py
@@ -69,12 +69,14 @@ class PluginRegistry(borg.Borg):
         if not self.available_plugins:
             self.available_plugins = {}
 
-    def load_plugins(self):
+    def load_plugins(self, force=False):
         """Load all plugins present in the plugins/ directory in our module"""
-        if self.done:
+        if self.done and (not force):
             dbg('Already loaded')
             return
 
+        dbg('loading plugins, force:(%s)' % force)
+
         config = Config()
 
         for plugindir in self.path:
@@ -93,8 +95,8 @@ class PluginRegistry(borg.Borg):
                     try:
                         module = __import__(plugin[:-3], None, None, [''])
                         for item in getattr(module, 'AVAILABLE'):
+                            func = getattr(module, item)
                             if item not in list(self.available_plugins.keys()):
-                                func = getattr(module, item)
                                 self.available_plugins[item] = func
 
                             if item not in config['enabled_plugins']:
@@ -102,6 +104,14 @@ class PluginRegistry(borg.Borg):
                                 continue
                             if item not in self.instances:
                                 self.instances[item] = func()
+                            elif force:
+                                #instead of multiple copies of loaded
+                                #plugin objects, unload where plugins
+                                #can clean up and then re-init so there
+                                #is one plugin object
+                                self.instances[item].unload()
+                                self.instances.pop(item, None)
+                                self.instances[item] = func()
                     except Exception as ex:
                         err('PluginRegistry::load_plugins: Importing plugin %s \
 failed: %s' % (plugin, ex))
diff --git a/terminatorlib/terminal.py b/terminatorlib/terminal.py
index 914d69d7..8680d20b 100644
--- a/terminatorlib/terminal.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/terminal.py
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ class Terminal(Gtk.VBox):
         dbg('composite_support: %s' % self.composite_support)
 
         self.vte.show()
+
+        #force to load for new window/terminal use case loading plugin
+        #and connecting signals, note the line update_url_matches also
+        #calls load_plugins, but it won't reload since already loaded
+
+        self.load_plugins(force = True)
+
         self.update_url_matches()
 
         self.terminalbox = self.create_terminalbox()
@@ -285,6 +292,10 @@ class Terminal(Gtk.VBox):
 
         return(terminalbox)
 
+    def load_plugins(self, force = False):
+        registry = plugin.PluginRegistry()
+        registry.load_plugins(force)
+
     def _add_regex(self, name, re):
         match = -1
         if regex.FLAGS_PCRE2: