diff --git a/build_plugin.sh b/build_plugin.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 437f9b58..00000000
--- a/build_plugin.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-gcc -g sample_plugin.c -shared -o data/plugins/sample.so
diff --git a/data/core/init.lua b/data/core/init.lua
index 1cb98979..e05d5c2b 100644
--- a/data/core/init.lua
+++ b/data/core/init.lua
@@ -426,8 +426,6 @@ function core.init()
   NagView = require "core.nagview"
   DocView = require "core.docview"
   Doc = require "core.doc"
-  local PluginTest = require "plugins.sample"
-  print(PluginTest.example)
 
   if PATHSEP == '\\' then
     USERDIR = common.normalize_path(USERDIR)
diff --git a/data/core/start.lua b/data/core/start.lua
index 7658d6c7..0bbaadee 100644
--- a/data/core/start.lua
+++ b/data/core/start.lua
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package.path = USERDIR .. '/?/init.lua;' .. package.path
 
 local dynamic_suffix = MACOS and 'lib' or (WINDOWS and 'dll' or 'so')
 package.cpath = DATADIR .. '/?.' .. dynamic_suffix .. ';' .. package.cpath
+package.cpath = USERDIR .. '/?.' .. dynamic_suffix .. ';' .. package.cpath
 package.searchers[3] = function(modname)
   local s,e = 0
   repeat
diff --git a/generate_header.sh b/generate_header.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fb03e712..00000000
--- a/generate_header.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Takes lua folder, outputs a header file that includes all the necessary macros for writing a lite plugin.
-# Takes a minimal approach, and strips out problematic functions. Should be good enough for most purposes.
-
-echo "// This file was automatically generated by generate_header.sh. Do not modify directly."
-echo "#include <stddef.h>"
-echo "typedef struct lua_State lua_State; typedef double lua_Number; typedef int (*lua_CFunction)(lua_State*); typedef ptrdiff_t lua_Integer;"
-echo "typedef unsigned long lua_Unsigned; typedef struct luaL_Buffer luaL_Buffer; typedef struct luaL_Reg luaL_Reg; typedef struct lua_Debug lua_Debug;"
-echo "typedef void (*lua_Hook) (lua_State *L, lua_Debug *ar);"
-echo "typedef void * (*lua_Alloc) (void *ud, void *ptr, size_t osize, size_t nsize);"
-echo "typedef int (*lua_Writer) (lua_State *L, const void* p, size_t sz, void* ud);"
-grep -h "^LUA\(LIB\)*_API" $1/*.h | sed "s/LUA\(LIB\)*_API //" | sed "s/(lua/(*lua/" | grep -v ",\s*$" | sed "s/^/static /"
-grep -h "#define luaL*_" $1/*.h | grep -v "\\\s*$" | grep -v "\(assert\|lock\)" | grep -v "\(asm\|int32\)" | grep -v "#define lua_number2integer(i,n)\s*lua_number2int(i, n)"
-echo "#define IMPORT_SYMBOL(name, ret, ...) name = (ret (*)(__VA_ARGS__))symbol(#name)"
-echo "static void lite_init_plugin(void* (*symbol(const char*))) {"
-grep -h "^LUA\(LIB\)*_API" $1/*.h | sed "s/LUA\(LIB\)*_API //" | sed "s/(lua/(*lua/" | grep -v ",\s*$" | sed "s/^\([^)]*\)(\*\(lua\w*\))\s*(/\tIMPORT_SYMBOL(\2, \1,/"
-echo "}"
diff --git a/lite_plugin_api.h b/resources/lite_xl_plugin_api.h
similarity index 91%
rename from lite_plugin_api.h
rename to resources/lite_xl_plugin_api.h
index b6c03204..7ac9c5e8 100644
--- a/lite_plugin_api.h
+++ b/resources/lite_xl_plugin_api.h
@@ -1,4 +1,30 @@
-// This file was automatically generated by generate_header.sh. Do not modify directly.
+#ifndef LITE_XL_PLUGIN_API
+#define LITE_XL_PLUGIN_API
+/* This file was automatically generated by the below code. Do not modify directly.
+#!/bin/sh
+# Takes lua folder, outputs a header file that includes all the necessary macros for writing a lite plugin.
+# Takes a minimal approach, and strips out problematic functions. Should be good enough for most purposes.
+
+echo "#ifndef LITE_XL_PLUGIN_API"
+echo "#define LITE_XL_PLUGIN_API"
+echo "/* This file was automatically generated by the below code. Do not modify directly."
+cat $0
+echo "*""/"
+echo "#include <stddef.h>"
+echo "typedef struct lua_State lua_State; typedef double lua_Number; typedef int (*lua_CFunction)(lua_State*); typedef ptrdiff_t lua_Integer;"
+echo "typedef unsigned long lua_Unsigned; typedef struct luaL_Buffer luaL_Buffer; typedef struct luaL_Reg luaL_Reg; typedef struct lua_Debug lua_Debug;"
+echo "typedef void (*lua_Hook) (lua_State *L, lua_Debug *ar);"
+echo "typedef void * (*lua_Alloc) (void *ud, void *ptr, size_t osize, size_t nsize);"
+echo "typedef int (*lua_Writer) (lua_State *L, const void* p, size_t sz, void* ud);"
+LUA_HEADERS=`pkg-config --cflags lua5.2 | sed 's/^-I//' | sed 's/$/\/*.h/'`
+grep -h "^LUA\(LIB\)*_API" $LUA_HEADERS | sed "s/LUA\(LIB\)*_API //" | sed "s/(lua/(*lua/" | grep -v ",\s*$" | sed "s/^/static /"
+grep -h "#define luaL*_" $LUA_HEADERS | grep -v "\\\s*$" | grep -v "\(assert\|lock\)" | grep -v "\(asm\|int32\)" | grep -v "#define lua_number2integer(i,n)\s*lua_number2int(i, n)"
+echo "#define IMPORT_SYMBOL(name, ret, ...) name = (ret (*)(__VA_ARGS__))symbol(#name)"
+echo "static void lite_init_plugin(void* (*symbol(const char*))) {"
+grep -h "^LUA\(LIB\)*_API" $LUA_HEADERS | sed "s/LUA\(LIB\)*_API //" | sed "s/(lua/(*lua/" | grep -v ",\s*$" | sed "s/^\([^)]*\)(\*\(lua\w*\))\s*(/\tIMPORT_SYMBOL(\2, \1,/"
+echo "}"
+echo "#endif"
+*/
 #include <stddef.h>
 typedef struct lua_State lua_State; typedef double lua_Number; typedef int (*lua_CFunction)(lua_State*); typedef ptrdiff_t lua_Integer;
 typedef unsigned long lua_Unsigned; typedef struct luaL_Buffer luaL_Buffer; typedef struct luaL_Reg luaL_Reg; typedef struct lua_Debug lua_Debug;
@@ -142,10 +168,6 @@ static void (*luaL_openlibs) (lua_State *L);
 #define luaL_addsize(B,s)	((B)->n += (s))
 #define luaL_prepbuffer(B)	luaL_prepbuffsize(B, LUAL_BUFFERSIZE)
 #define luaL_register(L,n,l)	(luaL_openlib(L,(n),(l),0))
-#define lua_number2int(i,n)	((i)=(int)(n))
-#define lua_number2integer(i,n)	((i)=(lua_Integer)(n))
-#define lua_number2unsigned(i,n)	((i)=(lua_Unsigned)(n))
-#define luaL_newstate()		lua_newstate(debug_realloc, &l_memcontrol)
 #define lua_h
 #define lua_upvalueindex(i)	(LUA_REGISTRYINDEX - (i))
 #define lua_call(L,n,r)		lua_callk(L, (n), (r), 0, NULL)
@@ -298,3 +320,4 @@ static void lite_init_plugin(void* (*symbol(const char*))) {
 	IMPORT_SYMBOL(lua_gethookcount, int ,lua_State *L);
 	IMPORT_SYMBOL(luaL_openlibs, void ,lua_State *L);
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/sample_plugin.c b/sample_plugin.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 96e021c9..00000000
--- a/sample_plugin.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-
-#include "lite_plugin_api.h"
-
-int lua_open_sample(lua_State* L, void* (*symbol(const char*))) {
-  lite_init_plugin(symbol);
-  lua_createtable(L, 0, 0);
-  lua_pushstring(L, "value");
-  lua_setfield(L, -2, "example");
-  return 1;
-}