diff --git a/examples/plugin/json/json.go b/examples/plugin/json/json.go
index a205f9fd05..356e9ac47b 100644
--- a/examples/plugin/json/json.go
+++ b/examples/plugin/json/json.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 
 	userpb "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/identity/user/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/pkg/errtypes"
+	revaPlugin "github.com/cs3org/reva/pkg/plugin"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/pkg/user"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
@@ -145,16 +146,9 @@ func (m *Manager) GetUserGroups(ctx context.Context, uid *userpb.UserId) ([]stri
 	return user.Groups, nil
 }
 
-// Handshake hashicorp go-plugin handshake
-var Handshake = plugin.HandshakeConfig{
-	ProtocolVersion:  1,
-	MagicCookieKey:   "BASIC_PLUGIN",
-	MagicCookieValue: "reva",
-}
-
 func main() {
 	plugin.Serve(&plugin.ServeConfig{
-		HandshakeConfig: Handshake,
+		HandshakeConfig: revaPlugin.Handshake,
 		Plugins: map[string]plugin.Plugin{
 			"userprovider": &user.ProviderPlugin{Impl: &Manager{}},
 		},
diff --git a/examples/plugin/plugin.toml b/examples/plugin/plugin.toml
index 7a3ab0b961..cf392b6aa0 100644
--- a/examples/plugin/plugin.toml
+++ b/examples/plugin/plugin.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ address = "0.0.0.0:19000"
 userprovidersvc = "localhost:19000"
 
 [grpc.services.userprovider]
-driver = "git::https://github.com/jimil749/json"
+driver = "/home/jimil/Desktop/reva/examples/plugin/json"
 
 [grpc.services.userprovider.drivers.json]
 users = "users.demo.json"
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/loader.go b/pkg/plugin/loader.go
index 15e4ddc60a..ec645890ce 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/loader.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/loader.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -43,14 +42,14 @@ type RevaPlugin struct {
 const dirname = "/var/tmp/reva"
 
 var isAlphaNum = regexp.MustCompile(`^[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$`).MatchString
-var forcedRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^([A-Za-z0-9]+)::(.+)$`)
+var isURL = regexp.MustCompile(`^(http:\/\/www\.|https:\/\/www\.|http:\/\/|https:\/\/)?[a-z0-9]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,5}(:[0-9]{1,5})?(\/.*)?$`).MatchString
 
 // Kill kills the plugin process
 func (plug *RevaPlugin) Kill() {
 	plug.Client.Kill()
 }
 
-var handshake = plugin.HandshakeConfig{
+var Handshake = plugin.HandshakeConfig{
 	ProtocolVersion:  1,
 	MagicCookieKey:   "BASIC_PLUGIN",
 	MagicCookieValue: "reva",
@@ -108,20 +107,7 @@ func downloadAndCompilePlugin(pluginType, driver string) (string, error) {
 
 // isValidURL tests a string to determine if it is a well-structure URL
 func isValidURL(driver string) bool {
-	if driverURL := forcedRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(driver); driverURL != nil {
-		driver = driverURL[2]
-	}
-	_, err := url.ParseRequestURI(driver)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	u, err := url.Parse(driver)
-	if err != nil || u.Scheme == "" || u.Host == "" {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return true
+	return isURL(driver)
 }
 
 func fetchBinary(pluginType, driver string) (string, error) {
@@ -158,7 +144,7 @@ func Load(pluginType, driver string) (*RevaPlugin, error) {
 	})
 
 	client := plugin.NewClient(&plugin.ClientConfig{
-		HandshakeConfig: handshake,
+		HandshakeConfig: Handshake,
 		Plugins:         PluginMap,
 		Cmd:             exec.Command(bin),
 		AllowedProtocols: []plugin.Protocol{