diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 52e3e000db..b47935376d 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ function start() {
 			upgrade.check(function(schema_ok) {
 				if (schema_ok || nconf.get('check-schema') === false) {
 					sockets.init(webserver.server);
-					plugins.init();
 
 					nconf.set('url', nconf.get('base_url') + (nconf.get('use_port') ? ':' + nconf.get('port') : '') + nconf.get('relative_path'));
 
diff --git a/src/middleware/index.js b/src/middleware/index.js
index 986d5ffe91..f9ee6e4c01 100644
--- a/src/middleware/index.js
+++ b/src/middleware/index.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ module.exports = function(app, data) {
 
 	app.use(middleware.processRender);
 
-	auth.initialize(app);
+	auth.initialize(app, middleware);
 
 	routeCurrentTheme(app, data.currentThemeId, data.themesData);
 	routeThemeScreenshots(app, data.themesData);
diff --git a/src/plugins.js b/src/plugins.js
index 427816c7bc..41f38dfd3c 100644
--- a/src/plugins.js
+++ b/src/plugins.js
@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 
 	Plugins.initialized = false;
 
-	Plugins.init = function() {
+	Plugins.init = function(nbbApp, nbbMiddleware) {
 		if (Plugins.initialized) {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		app = nbbApp;
+		middleware = nbbMiddleware;
+		hotswap.prepare(nbbApp);
+
 		if (global.env === 'development') {
 			winston.info('[plugins] Initializing plugins system');
 		}
@@ -62,12 +66,6 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 		});
 	};
 
-	Plugins.prepareApp = function(nbbApp, nbbMiddleware) {
-		app = nbbApp;
-		middleware = nbbMiddleware;
-		hotswap.prepare(nbbApp);
-	};
-
 	Plugins.ready = function(callback) {
 		if (!Plugins.initialized) {
 			emitter.once('plugins:loaded', callback);
@@ -124,24 +122,20 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 	};
 
 	Plugins.reloadRoutes = function(callback) {
-		if (!app || !middleware || !controllers) {
-			return;
-		} else {
-			var router = express.Router();
-			router.hotswapId = 'plugins';
-			router.render = function() {
-				app.render.apply(app, arguments);
-			};
-
-			// Deprecated as of v0.5.0, remove this hook call for NodeBB v0.6.0-1
-			Plugins.fireHook('action:app.load', router, middleware, controllers);
-
-			Plugins.fireHook('static:app.load', router, middleware, controllers, function() {
-				hotswap.replace('plugins', router);
-				winston.info('[plugins] All plugins reloaded and rerouted');
-				callback();
-			});
-		}
+		var router = express.Router();
+		router.hotswapId = 'plugins';
+		router.render = function() {
+			app.render.apply(app, arguments);
+		};
+
+		// Deprecated as of v0.5.0, remove this hook call for NodeBB v0.6.0-1
+		Plugins.fireHook('action:app.load', router, middleware, controllers);
+
+		Plugins.fireHook('static:app.load', router, middleware, controllers, function() {
+			hotswap.replace('plugins', router);
+			winston.info('[plugins] All plugins reloaded and rerouted');
+			callback();
+		});
 	};
 
 	Plugins.loadPlugin = function(pluginPath, callback) {
diff --git a/src/routes/authentication.js b/src/routes/authentication.js
index e17289ba5c..cfe9e71462 100644
--- a/src/routes/authentication.js
+++ b/src/routes/authentication.js
@@ -138,25 +138,26 @@
 		});
 	}
 
-	Auth.initialize = function(app) {
+	Auth.initialize = function(app, middleware) {
 		app.use(passport.initialize());
 		app.use(passport.session());
+
+		Auth.app = app;
+		Auth.middleware = middleware;
 	};
 
 	Auth.get_login_strategies = function() {
 		return login_strategies;
 	};
 
-	Auth.registerApp = function(app, middleware) {
-		Auth.app = app;
-		Auth.middleware = middleware;
-	};
-
 	Auth.reloadRoutes = function(callback) {
 		var router = express.Router();
 			router.hotswapId = 'auth';
 
 		plugins.ready(function() {
+			// Reset the registered login strategies
+			login_strategies.length = 0;
+
 			plugins.fireHook('filter:auth.init', login_strategies, function(err) {
 				if (err) {
 					winston.error('filter:auth.init - plugin failure');
diff --git a/src/routes/index.js b/src/routes/index.js
index 642b8c1b9d..253f00404a 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.js
+++ b/src/routes/index.js
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ module.exports = function(app, middleware) {
 	app.use(handleErrors);
 
 	// Add plugin routes
-	plugins.reloadRoutes();
+	plugins.init(app, middleware);
 	authRoutes.reloadRoutes();
 };
 
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index e51ffe1da9..d9d47d7f3c 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ if(nconf.get('ssl')) {
 	}, function(err, data) {
 		middleware = middleware(app, data);
 		routes(app, middleware);
-		plugins.prepareApp(app, middleware);
-		auth.registerApp(app, middleware);
 
 		if (err) {
 			winston.error('Errors were encountered while attempting to initialise NodeBB.');