diff --git a/libnymea/devicemanager.cpp b/libnymea/devicemanager.cpp
index 5a9f88cf..017780e8 100644
--- a/libnymea/devicemanager.cpp
+++ b/libnymea/devicemanager.cpp
@@ -1117,6 +1117,9 @@ void DeviceManager::loadPlugin(DevicePlugin *pluginIface)
         }
     }
 
+    // Call the init method of the plugin
+    pluginIface->init();
+
     m_devicePlugins.insert(pluginIface->pluginId(), pluginIface);
 
     connect(pluginIface, &DevicePlugin::emitEvent, this, &DeviceManager::eventTriggered);
diff --git a/libnymea/plugin/deviceplugin.cpp b/libnymea/plugin/deviceplugin.cpp
index e72c3fa1..f6752908 100644
--- a/libnymea/plugin/deviceplugin.cpp
+++ b/libnymea/plugin/deviceplugin.cpp
@@ -285,14 +285,12 @@ QList<ParamType> DevicePlugin::configurationDescription() const
 }
 
 /*! This will be called when the DeviceManager initializes the plugin and set up the things behind the scenes.
-    When implementing a new plugin, use \l{DevicePlugin::init()} instead in order to do initialisation work. */
+    When implementing a new plugin, use \l{DevicePlugin::init()} instead in order to do initialisation work.
+    The \l{DevicePlugin::init()} method will be called once the plugin configuration has been loaded. */
 void DevicePlugin::initPlugin(DeviceManager *deviceManager)
 {
     m_deviceManager = deviceManager;
-
     loadMetaData();
-
-    init();
 }
 
 QPair<bool, QList<ParamType> > DevicePlugin::parseParamTypes(const QJsonArray &array) const