diff --git a/plugin/loader/.gitignore b/plugin/loader/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f0355638..000000000
--- a/plugin/loader/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-preload.go
diff --git a/plugin/loader/Rules.mk b/plugin/loader/Rules.mk
index 50e4e743f..01f50e277 100644
--- a/plugin/loader/Rules.mk
+++ b/plugin/loader/Rules.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include mk/header.mk
 
 $(d)/preload.go: d:=$(d)
-$(d)/preload.go: $(d)/preload_list
+$(d)/preload.go: $(d)/preload_list $(d)/preload.sh
 	$(d)/preload.sh > $@
 	go fmt $@ >/dev/null
 
diff --git a/plugin/loader/load_linux.go b/plugin/loader/load_linux.go
index 4d1a18cf8..bce5e3c16 100644
--- a/plugin/loader/load_linux.go
+++ b/plugin/loader/load_linux.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func linuxLoadFunc(pluginDir string) ([]iplugin.Plugin, error) {
 			// file is not executable let's not load it
 			// this is to prevent loading plugins from for example non-executable
 			// mounts, some /tmp mounts are marked as such for security
-			log.Warningf("non-executable file in plugins directory: %s", fi)
+			log.Errorf("non-executable file in plugins directory: %s", fi)
 			return nil
 		}
 
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ func loadPlugin(fi string) ([]iplugin.Plugin, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	log.Errorf("plugins: %T", pls)
 
 	typePls, ok := pls.(*[]iplugin.Plugin)
 	if !ok {
diff --git a/plugin/loader/preload.go b/plugin/loader/preload.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2bfdc3bb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/loader/preload.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package loader
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/plugin"
+)
+
+var preloadPlugins = []plugin.Plugin{}
diff --git a/plugin/loader/preload.sh b/plugin/loader/preload.sh
index 93ee3e43b..cc7945109 100755
--- a/plugin/loader/preload.sh
+++ b/plugin/loader/preload.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ done | sort -u
 cat <<EOL
 )
 
+
+// DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
+// This file is being generated as part of plugin build process
+// To change it, modify the plugin/loader/preload.sh
+
 var preloadPlugins = []plugin.Plugin{
 EOL