diff --git a/lib/hooks.ts b/lib/hooks.ts
index 64273ccf3f3..cf51472d3ef 100644
--- a/lib/hooks.ts
+++ b/lib/hooks.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 export class Hooks {
-  _hooks: object;
+  hooks: object;
+  all: string[];
 
   constructor(app) {
     this._hooks = {};
+    this.all = ['preRenderSvg', 'postRenderSvg'];
   }
 
   on(hook, method): void {
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ export class Hooks {
       this.hooks._hooks[hook] = [];
     }
     this.hooks._hooks[hook].push(method);
-    console.log('in on method', hook, method);
+    console.log('Hooks::on ', hook, method);
   }
 
   list(hook): function[] {
@@ -29,11 +31,11 @@ export class Hooks {
     }
 
   attach (hook: string, obj: object): void {
+      console.log('Hooks::attach', hook, obj, this._hooks);
       if(typeof this._hooks[hook] === 'undefined') return;
       for(let func of this._hooks[hook]) {
-        console.log('in attach', hook, func);
+        console.log('Hooks::attach', hook, func);
         obj.pre(hook, func);
       }
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/lib/pattern.ts b/lib/pattern.ts
index 861881557de..180f199019f 100644
--- a/lib/pattern.ts
+++ b/lib/pattern.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Option } from './option'
 
 export class Pattern {
   config: PatternConfig;
-  svg: Svg = new Svg();
+  svg: Svg;
   parts: {
     [index: string]: Part;
   }
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export class Pattern {
   values: {[propName: string]: any} = {};
   settings: {[propName: string]: any} = {mode: 'draft', units: 'metric'};
   hooks: Hooks;
-  on: function;
+  on: () => void;
 
   constructor(config: PatternConfig) {
     if(!config) {
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export class Pattern {
     }
     this.config = config;
     this.parts = {};
+    this.svg = new Svg();
     this.hooks = new Hooks();
     this.on = this.hooks.on;
     for (let id of config.parts) {
@@ -47,15 +48,19 @@ export class Pattern {
   }
 
   render(): string {
-    let svg = new Svg(this);
-    this.hooks.attach('preSvgRender', svg);
-    this.hooks.attach('postSvgRender', svg);
-    //svg.pre('preRenderSvg', function(next) {
-    //  console.log('manual attach');
-    //  this.style += "path {stroke: #000; fill: none;}";
-    //  next();
-    //});
+    this.hooks.attach('preRenderSvg', this.svg);
+    this.hooks.attach('postRenderSvg', this.svg);
 
-    return svg.render(this);
+    return this.svg.render(this);
+  }
+
+  loadPlugin(plugin: () => void): void {
+    console.log('Pattern::loadPlugin', plugin);
+    for(let hook of this.hooks.all) {
+      if(typeof plugin[hook] === 'function') {
+    console.log('Pattern::loadPlugin - hook', plugin[hook]);
+        this.on(hook, plugin[hook]);
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/svg.ts b/lib/svg.ts
index a743e4a9a0e..da642f002e5 100644
--- a/lib/svg.ts
+++ b/lib/svg.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class Svg {
   hooks: string[];
   pattern: Pattern;
 
-  constructor(pattern) {
+  constructor() {
     this.prefix = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>';
     this.attributes.add
     this.attributes.add("xmlns", "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg");
@@ -31,23 +31,22 @@ export class Svg {
     this.attributes.add("xmlns:xlink", "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink");
     this.attributes.add("xmlns:freesewing", "http://freesewing.org/namespaces/freesewing");
     this.attributes.add("freesewing:foo", "bar");
-    this.pattern = pattern;
-    this.hooks = ['preSvgRender', 'postSvgRender'];
+    this.hooks = ['preRenderSvg', 'postRenderSvg'];
     for(let k in hooklib) this[k] = hooklib[k];
     for(let k in this.hooks) this.hook(k, this[k]);
 
     return this;
   }
 
-  /** Method to attach preSvgRender hooks on */
-  preSvgRender(): void {}
+  /** Method to attach preRenderSvg hooks on */
+  preRenderSvg(): void {}
 
-  /** Method to attach postSvgRender hooks on */
-  postSvgRender(): void {}
+  /** Method to attach postRenderSvg hooks on */
+  postRenderSvg(): void {}
 
   /** Renders a draft object as SVG */
   render(pattern: Pattern): string {
-    this.preSvgRender();
+    this.preRenderSvg();
     this.svg = this.prefix;
     this.svg += this.renderComments(this.header);
     this.svg += this.renderSvgTag(pattern);
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ export class Svg {
     this.svg += this.closeGroup();
     this.svg += this.nl()+'</svg>';
     this.svg += this.renderComments(this.footer);
-    this.postSvgRender();
+    this.postRenderSvg();
     return this.svg;
   }