diff --git a/app/config/import.js b/app/config/import.js
index 3f18678c..4032a2da 100644
--- a/app/config/import.js
+++ b/app/config/import.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const {writeFileSync, readFileSync} = require('fs');
-const {defaultCfg, cfgPath} = require('./paths');
+const {sync: mkdirpSync} = require('mkdirp');
+const {defaultCfg, cfgPath, plugs} = require('./paths');
 const _init = require('./init');
 const _keymaps = require('./keymaps');
 
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ const _write = function (path, data) {
 };
 
 const _importConf = function () {
+  // init plugin directories if not present
+  mkdirpSync(plugs.base);
+  mkdirpSync(plugs.local);
+
   try {
     const _defaultCfg = readFileSync(defaultCfg, 'utf8');
     try {
diff --git a/app/config/paths.js b/app/config/paths.js
index 60cf52d2..596ecca1 100644
--- a/app/config/paths.js
+++ b/app/config/paths.js
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ const devDir = resolve(__dirname, '../..');
 const devCfg = join(devDir, cfgFile);
 const defaultCfg = resolve(__dirname, defaultCfgFile);
 
+const plugins = resolve(cfgDir, '.hyper_plugins');
+const plugs = {
+  base: plugins,
+  local: resolve(plugins, 'local'),
+  cache: resolve(plugins, 'cache')
+};
+const yarn = resolve(__dirname, '../../bin/yarn-standalone.js');
+
 const icon = resolve(__dirname, '../static/icon.png');
 
 const keymapPath = resolve(__dirname, '../keymaps');
@@ -44,5 +52,5 @@ if (isDev) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  cfgDir, cfgPath, cfgFile, defaultCfg, icon, defaultPlatformKeyPath
+  cfgDir, cfgPath, cfgFile, defaultCfg, icon, defaultPlatformKeyPath, plugs, yarn
 };
diff --git a/app/plugins.js b/app/plugins.js
index 9c3b8a2d..10d57cc5 100644
--- a/app/plugins.js
+++ b/app/plugins.js
@@ -1,45 +1,21 @@
 const {app, dialog} = require('electron');
 const {resolve, basename} = require('path');
 const {writeFileSync} = require('fs');
-const cp = require('child_process');
-const {sync: mkdirpSync} = require('mkdirp');
 const Config = require('electron-config');
 const ms = require('ms');
-const queue = require('queue');
-
-const spawnQueue = queue({concurrency: 1});
 
 const config = require('./config');
 const notify = require('./notify');
 const _keys = require('./config/keymaps');
+const {availableExtensions} = require('./plugins/extensions');
+const {install} = require('./plugins/install');
+const {plugs} = require('./config/paths');
 
 // local storage
 const cache = new Config();
 
-// modules path
-const path = resolve(config.getConfigDir(), '.hyper_plugins');
-const localPath = resolve(path, 'local');
-const cachePath = resolve(path, 'cache');
-const availableExtensions = new Set([
-  'onApp', 'onWindow', 'onRendererWindow', 'onUnload', 'middleware',
-  'reduceUI', 'reduceSessions', 'reduceTermGroups',
-  'decorateMenu', 'decorateTerm', 'decorateHyper',
-  'decorateHyperTerm', // for backwards compatibility with hyperterm
-  'decorateHeader', 'decorateTerms', 'decorateTab',
-  'decorateNotification', 'decorateNotifications',
-  'decorateTabs', 'decorateConfig', 'decorateEnv',
-  'decorateTermGroup', 'decorateSplitPane', 'getTermProps',
-  'getTabProps', 'getTabsProps', 'getTermGroupProps',
-  'mapHyperTermState', 'mapTermsState',
-  'mapHeaderState', 'mapNotificationsState',
-  'mapHyperTermDispatch', 'mapTermsDispatch',
-  'mapHeaderDispatch', 'mapNotificationsDispatch',
-  'extendKeymaps'
-]);
-
-// init plugin directories if not present
-mkdirpSync(path);
-mkdirpSync(localPath);
+const path = plugs.base;
+const localPath = plugs.local;
 
 // caches
 let plugins = config.getPlugins();
@@ -222,47 +198,6 @@ function toDependencies(plugins) {
   return obj;
 }
 
-function install(fn) {
-  function yarn(args, cb) {
-    const yarnPath = resolve(__dirname, '..', 'bin', 'yarn-standalone.js');
-    const env = {
-      NODE_ENV: 'production',
-      ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE: 'true'
-    };
-
-    spawnQueue.push(end => {
-      const cmd = [process.execPath, yarnPath].concat(args).join(' ');
-      console.log('Launching yarn:', cmd);
-
-      cp.exec(cmd, {
-        cwd: path,
-        env,
-        shell: true,
-        timeout: ms('5m'),
-        stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'inherit']
-      }, err => {
-        if (err) {
-          cb(err);
-        } else {
-          cb(null);
-        }
-
-        end();
-        spawnQueue.start();
-      });
-    });
-
-    spawnQueue.start();
-  }
-
-  yarn(['install', '--no-emoji', '--no-lockfile', '--cache-folder', cachePath], err => {
-    if (err) {
-      return fn(err);
-    }
-    fn(null);
-  });
-}
-
 exports.subscribe = function (fn) {
   watchers.push(fn);
   return () => {
diff --git a/app/plugins/extensions.js b/app/plugins/extensions.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7cbefb04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/plugins/extensions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module.exports = {
+  availableExtensions: new Set([
+    'onApp', 'onWindow', 'onRendererWindow', 'onUnload', 'middleware',
+    'reduceUI', 'reduceSessions', 'reduceTermGroups',
+    'decorateMenu', 'decorateTerm', 'decorateHyper',
+    'decorateHyperTerm', // for backwards compatibility with hyperterm
+    'decorateHeader', 'decorateTerms', 'decorateTab',
+    'decorateNotification', 'decorateNotifications',
+    'decorateTabs', 'decorateConfig', 'decorateEnv',
+    'decorateTermGroup', 'decorateSplitPane', 'getTermProps',
+    'getTabProps', 'getTabsProps', 'getTermGroupProps',
+    'mapHyperTermState', 'mapTermsState',
+    'mapHeaderState', 'mapNotificationsState',
+    'mapHyperTermDispatch', 'mapTermsDispatch',
+    'mapHeaderDispatch', 'mapNotificationsDispatch',
+    'extendKeymaps'
+  ])
+};
diff --git a/app/plugins/install.js b/app/plugins/install.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da322fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/plugins/install.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+const cp = require('child_process');
+const queue = require('queue');
+const ms = require('ms');
+const {yarn, plugs} = require('../config/paths');
+
+module.exports = {
+  install: fn => {
+    const spawnQueue = queue({concurrency: 1});
+    function yarnFn(args, cb) {
+      const env = {
+        NODE_ENV: 'production',
+        ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE: 'true'
+      };
+      spawnQueue.push(end => {
+        const cmd = [process.execPath, yarn].concat(args).join(' ');
+        console.log('Launching yarn:', cmd);
+
+        cp.exec(cmd, {
+          cwd: plugs.base,
+          env,
+          shell: true,
+          timeout: ms('5m'),
+          stdio: ['ignore', 'ignore', 'inherit']
+        }, err => {
+          if (err) {
+            cb(err);
+          } else {
+            cb(null);
+          }
+
+          end();
+          spawnQueue.start();
+        });
+      });
+
+      spawnQueue.start();
+    }
+
+    yarnFn(['install', '--no-emoji', '--no-lockfile', '--cache-folder', plugs.cache], err => {
+      if (err) {
+        return fn(err);
+      }
+      fn(null);
+    });
+  }
+};