diff --git a/src/plugins.js b/src/plugins.js
index 340723807c..8ccc6655e9 100644
--- a/src/plugins.js
+++ b/src/plugins.js
@@ -184,29 +184,33 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 						Plugins.staticDirs[pluginData.id] = path.join(pluginPath, pluginData.staticDir);
 					}
 
-					for(var key in pluginData.staticDirs) {
-						(function(mappedPath) {
-							if (pluginData.staticDirs.hasOwnProperty(mappedPath)) {
-								if (Plugins.staticDirs[mappedPath]) {
-									winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Mapped path (' + mappedPath + ') already specified!');
-								} else if (!validMappedPath.test(mappedPath)) {
-									winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Invalid mapped path specified: ' + mappedPath + '. Path must adhere to: ' + validMappedPath.toString());
-								} else {
-									realPath = pluginData.staticDirs[mappedPath];
-									staticDir = path.join(pluginPath, realPath);
-
-									(function(staticDir) {
-										fs.exists(staticDir, function(exists) {
-											if (exists) {
-												Plugins.staticDirs[pluginData.id + '/' + mappedPath] = staticDir;
-											} else {
-												winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Mapped path \'' + mappedPath + ' => ' + staticDir + '\' not found.');
-											}
-										});
-									}(staticDir));
-								}
+					function mapStaticDirs(mappedPath) {
+						if (pluginData.staticDirs.hasOwnProperty(mappedPath)) {
+							if (Plugins.staticDirs[mappedPath]) {
+								winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Mapped path (' + mappedPath + ') already specified!');
+							} else if (!validMappedPath.test(mappedPath)) {
+								winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Invalid mapped path specified: ' + mappedPath + '. Path must adhere to: ' + validMappedPath.toString());
+							} else {
+								realPath = pluginData.staticDirs[mappedPath];
+								staticDir = path.join(pluginPath, realPath);
+
+								(function(staticDir) {
+									fs.exists(staticDir, function(exists) {
+										if (exists) {
+											Plugins.staticDirs[pluginData.id + '/' + mappedPath] = staticDir;
+										} else {
+											winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Mapped path \'' + mappedPath + ' => ' + staticDir + '\' not found.');
+										}
+									});
+								}(staticDir));
 							}
-						}(key));
+						}
+					}
+
+					for(var key in pluginData.staticDirs) {
+						if (pluginData.staticDirs.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+							mapStaticDirs(key);
+						}
 					}
 
 					next();
@@ -262,8 +266,10 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 
 							async.each(languages, function(pathToLang, next) {
 								fs.readFile(pathToLang, function(err, file) {
+									var json;
+
 									try {
-										var json = JSON.parse(file.toString());
+										json = JSON.parse(file.toString());
 									} catch (err) {
 										winston.error('[plugins] Unable to parse custom language file: ' + pathToLang + '\r\n' + err.stack);
 										return next(err);
@@ -370,7 +376,7 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 								// omg, after 6 months I finally realised what this does...
 								// It adds the callback to the arguments passed-in, since the callback
 								// is defined in *this* file (the async cb), and not the hooks themselves.
-								var	value = hookObj.method.apply(Plugins, value.concat(function() {
+								value = hookObj.method.apply(Plugins, value.concat(function() {
 									next(arguments[0], Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));
 								}));
 
@@ -686,8 +692,10 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 							fs.readFile(path.join(file, 'plugin.json'), next);
 						},
 						function(configJSON, next) {
+							var config;
+
 							try {
-								var config = JSON.parse(configJSON);
+								config = JSON.parse(configJSON);
 							} catch (err) {
 								winston.warn("Plugin: " + file + " is corrupted or invalid. Please check plugin.json for errors.");
 								return next(err, null);