diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/package.json b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/package.json
index a01cefe503..c679f259c8 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/package.json
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "build": "ui-bundler plugin"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@scm-manager/ui-extensions": "^0.0.5"
+    "@scm-manager/ui-extensions": "^0.0.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@scm-manager/ui-bundler": "^0.0.3"
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/package.json b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/package.json
index 3f08153700..ff7e9ab6b3 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/package.json
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "build": "ui-bundler plugin"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@scm-manager/ui-extensions": "^0.0.5"
+    "@scm-manager/ui-extensions": "^0.0.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@scm-manager/ui-bundler": "^0.0.3"
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/package.json b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/package.json
index fa91fc4969..195897cbbe 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/package.json
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "build": "ui-bundler plugin"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@scm-manager/ui-extensions": "^0.0.5"
+    "@scm-manager/ui-extensions": "^0.0.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@scm-manager/ui-bundler": "^0.0.3"
diff --git a/scm-ui/package.json b/scm-ui/package.json
index 49c83aee38..267e2926ce 100644
--- a/scm-ui/package.json
+++ b/scm-ui/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@scm-manager/ui-extensions": "^0.0.5",
+    "@scm-manager/ui-extensions": "^0.0.6",
     "bulma": "^0.7.1",
     "classnames": "^2.2.5",
     "font-awesome": "^4.7.0",
diff --git a/scm-ui/public/index.html b/scm-ui/public/index.html
index 8a6237c9b9..c76e55cac3 100644
--- a/scm-ui/public/index.html
+++ b/scm-ui/public/index.html
@@ -39,8 +39,5 @@
     -->
     <script src="vendor.bundle.js"></script>
     <script src="scm-ui.bundle.js"></script>
-    <script src="scm-git-plugin.bundle.js"></script>
-    <script src="scm-hg-plugin.bundle.js"></script>
-    <script src="scm-svn-plugin.bundle.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/components/Loading.js b/scm-ui/src/components/Loading.js
index 0cf0d16fbe..f76e1be05b 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/components/Loading.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/components/Loading.js
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ const styles = {
 
 type Props = {
   t: string => string,
+  message?: string,
   classes: any
 };
 
 class Loading extends React.Component<Props> {
   render() {
-    const { t, classes } = this.props;
+    const { message, t, classes } = this.props;
     return (
       <div className={classes.wrapper}>
         <div className={classes.loading}>
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ class Loading extends React.Component<Props> {
             src="/images/loading.svg"
             alt={t("loading.alt")}
           />
+          <p className="has-text-centered">{message}</p>
         </div>
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/components/PluginLoader.js b/scm-ui/src/components/PluginLoader.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48dbd20a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/src/components/PluginLoader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// @flow
+import * as React from "react";
+import Loading from "./Loading";
+import { apiClient } from "../apiclient";
+
+type Props = {
+  children: React.Node
+};
+
+type State = {
+  finished: boolean,
+  message: string
+};
+
+type Plugin = {
+  id: string,
+  bundles: string[]
+};
+
+class PluginLoader extends React.Component<Props, State> {
+  constructor(props: Props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      finished: false,
+      message: "booting"
+    };
+  }
+
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this.setState({
+      message: "loading plugin information"
+    });
+    apiClient
+      .get("ui/plugins")
+      .then(response => response.text())
+      .then(JSON.parse)
+      .then(this.loadPlugins)
+      .then(() => {
+        this.setState({
+          finished: true
+        });
+      });
+  }
+
+  loadPlugins = (plugins: Plugin[]) => {
+    this.setState({
+      message: "loading plugins"
+    });
+
+    const promises = [];
+    for (let plugin of plugins) {
+      promises.push(this.loadPlugin(plugin));
+    }
+    return Promise.all(promises);
+  };
+
+  loadPlugin = (plugin: Plugin) => {
+    this.setState({
+      message: `loading ${plugin.name}`
+    });
+
+    const promises = [];
+    for (let bundle of plugin.bundles) {
+      // skip old bundles
+      // TODO remove old bundles
+      if (bundle.indexOf("/") !== 0) {
+        promises.push(this.loadBundle(bundle));
+      }
+    }
+    return Promise.all(promises);
+  };
+
+  loadBundle = (bundle: string) => {
+    return fetch(bundle)
+      .then(response => {
+        return response.text();
+      })
+      .then(script => {
+        // TODO is this safe???
+        eval(script);
+      });
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    const { message, finished } = this.state;
+    if (finished) {
+      return <div>{this.props.children}</div>;
+    }
+    return <Loading message={message} />;
+  }
+}
+
+export default PluginLoader;
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/index.js b/scm-ui/src/index.js
index ea133dd55b..d013bb946a 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/index.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type { BrowserHistory } from "history/createBrowserHistory";
 
 import createReduxStore from "./createReduxStore";
 import { ConnectedRouter } from "react-router-redux";
+import PluginLoader from "./components/PluginLoader";
 
 const publicUrl: string = process.env.PUBLIC_URL || "";
 
@@ -36,7 +37,9 @@ ReactDOM.render(
     <I18nextProvider i18n={i18n}>
       {/* ConnectedRouter will use the store from Provider automatically */}
       <ConnectedRouter history={history}>
-        <App />
+        <PluginLoader>
+          <App />
+        </PluginLoader>
       </ConnectedRouter>
     </I18nextProvider>
   </Provider>,