diff --git a/PulsarPluginLoader/Patches/LoadPlugins.cs b/PulsarPluginLoader/Patches/LoadPlugins.cs
index 9ecd736..02a17d1 100644
--- a/PulsarPluginLoader/Patches/LoadPlugins.cs
+++ b/PulsarPluginLoader/Patches/LoadPlugins.cs
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 using Harmony;
-using PulsarPluginLoader.Utils;
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 
 namespace PulsarPluginLoader.Patches
 {
     [HarmonyPatch(typeof(PLGlobal), "Start")]
     class LoadPlugins
     {
-        private static readonly PluginManager pluginManager = new PluginManager();
         private static bool pluginsLoaded = false;
 
         static void Prefix()
@@ -21,7 +14,7 @@ static void Prefix()
             if (!pluginsLoaded)
             {
                 string pluginsDir = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location), "Plugins");
-                pluginManager.LoadPluginsDirectory(pluginsDir);
+                PluginManager.Instance.LoadPluginsDirectory(pluginsDir);
                 pluginsLoaded = true;
             }
         }
diff --git a/PulsarPluginLoader/PluginManager.cs b/PulsarPluginLoader/PluginManager.cs
index dc164d2..7cc70b4 100644
--- a/PulsarPluginLoader/PluginManager.cs
+++ b/PulsarPluginLoader/PluginManager.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ public class PluginManager
         private readonly Dictionary<string, PulsarPlugin> activePlugins;
         private readonly HashSet<string> pluginDirectories;
 
+        private static PluginManager _instance = null;
+
+        public static PluginManager Instance
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (_instance == null)
+                {
+                    _instance = new PluginManager();
+                }
+
+                return _instance;
+            }
+        }
+
         public PluginManager()
         {
             FileVersionInfo fvi = FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);