diff --git a/src/PocketMine/Server.php b/src/PocketMine/Server.php
index bef0fee6e..b7a5a6609 100644
--- a/src/PocketMine/Server.php
+++ b/src/PocketMine/Server.php
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ class Server{
 		$this->pluginManager = new PluginManager($this, $this->commandMap);
 		$this->pluginManager->subscribeToPermission(Server::BROADCAST_CHANNEL_ADMINISTRATIVE, $this->consoleSender);
 		$this->pluginManager->registerInterface("PocketMine\\Plugin\\FolderPluginLoader");
+		$this->pluginManager->registerInterface("PocketMine\\Plugin\\PharPluginLoader");
 		$this->pluginManager->loadPlugins($this->pluginPath);
 
 		//TODO: update checking (async)
diff --git a/src/PocketMine/plugin/PharPluginLoader.php b/src/PocketMine/plugin/PharPluginLoader.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f5154539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PocketMine/plugin/PharPluginLoader.php
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ *
+ *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
+ * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
+ * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
+ * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
+ * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * @author PocketMine Team
+ * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
+ *
+ *
+*/
+
+namespace PocketMine\Plugin;
+
+use PocketMine\Event\Plugin\PluginDisableEvent;
+use PocketMine\Event\Plugin\PluginEnableEvent;
+use PocketMine\Server;
+
+/**
+ * Handles different types of plugins
+ */
+class PharPluginLoader implements PluginLoader{
+
+	/** @var Server */
+	private $server;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param Server $server
+	 */
+	public function __construct(Server $server){
+		$this->server = $server;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Loads the plugin contained in $file
+	 *
+	 * @param string $file
+	 *
+	 * @return Plugin
+	 */
+	public function loadPlugin($file){
+		if(\Phar::isValidPharFilename($file) and ($description = $this->getPluginDescription($file)) instanceof PluginDescription){
+			$phar = new \Phar($file);
+			console("[INFO] Loading " . $description->getName());
+			$dataFolder = dirname($file) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $description->getName();
+			if(file_exists($dataFolder) and !is_dir($dataFolder)){
+				trigger_error("Projected dataFolder '" . $dataFolder . "' for " . $description->getName() . " exists and is not a directory", E_USER_WARNING);
+
+				return null;
+			}
+			$file = "phar://$file";
+			$className = $description->getMain();
+			$this->server->getLoader()->add(substr($className, 0, strpos($className, "\\")), array(
+				"$file/src"
+			));
+
+			if(class_exists($className, true)){
+				$plugin = new $className();
+				$this->initPlugin($plugin, $description, $dataFolder, $file);
+
+				return $plugin;
+			}else{
+				trigger_error("Couldn't load plugin " . $description->getName() . ": main class not found", E_USER_WARNING);
+
+				return null;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the PluginDescription from the file
+	 *
+	 * @param string $file
+	 *
+	 * @return PluginDescription
+	 */
+	public function getPluginDescription($file){
+		if(\Phar::isValidPharFilename($file)){
+			$phar = new \Phar($file);
+			if(isset($phar["plugin.yml"])){
+				$pluginYml = $phar["plugin.yml"];
+				if($pluginYml instanceof \PharFileInfo){
+					return new PluginDescription($pluginYml->getContent());
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the filename patterns that this loader accepts
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function getPluginFilters(){
+		return "/\\.phar$/i";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param PluginBase        $plugin
+	 * @param PluginDescription $description
+	 * @param string            $dataFolder
+	 * @param string            $file
+	 */
+	private function initPlugin(PluginBase $plugin, PluginDescription $description, $dataFolder, $file){
+		$plugin->init($this, $this->server, $description, $dataFolder, $file);
+		$plugin->onLoad();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param Plugin $plugin
+	 */
+	public function enablePlugin(Plugin $plugin){
+		if($plugin instanceof PluginBase and !$plugin->isEnabled()){
+			console("[INFO] Enabling " . $plugin->getDescription()->getName());
+
+			$plugin->setEnabled(true);
+
+			Server::getInstance()->getPluginManager()->callEvent(new PluginEnableEvent($plugin));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param Plugin $plugin
+	 */
+	public function disablePlugin(Plugin $plugin){
+		if($plugin instanceof PluginBase and $plugin->isEnabled()){
+			console("[INFO] Disabling " . $plugin->getDescription()->getName());
+
+			Server::getInstance()->getPluginManager()->callEvent(new PluginDisableEvent($plugin));
+
+			$plugin->setEnabled(false);
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/PocketMine/plugin/PluginBase.php b/src/PocketMine/plugin/PluginBase.php
index b41998466..3884fa0b7 100644
--- a/src/PocketMine/plugin/PluginBase.php
+++ b/src/PocketMine/plugin/PluginBase.php
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ abstract class PluginBase implements Plugin, CommandExecutor{
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	protected function isPhar(){
-		return $this->description instanceof \PharFileInfo;
+		return substr($this->file, 0, 7) === "phar://";
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -160,15 +160,11 @@ abstract class PluginBase implements Plugin, CommandExecutor{
 	 */
 	public function getResource($filename){
 		$filename = str_replace("\\", "/", $filename);
-		if($this->isPhar()){
-			//TODO
-		}else{
-			if(file_exists($this->dataFolder . "resources/" . $filename)){
-				return file_get_contents($this->dataFolder . "resources/" . $filename);
-			}
-
-			return false;
+		if(file_exists($this->file . "resources/" . $filename)){
+			return file_get_contents($this->file . "resources/" . $filename);
 		}
+
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	public function saveResource($filename, $replace = false){
@@ -180,7 +176,7 @@ abstract class PluginBase implements Plugin, CommandExecutor{
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$out = $this->dataFolder . $filename;
+		$out = $this->file . $filename;
 		if(!file_exists($this->dataFolder)){
 			@mkdir($this->dataFolder, 0755, true);
 		}
@@ -200,7 +196,7 @@ abstract class PluginBase implements Plugin, CommandExecutor{
 	public function getResources(){
 		if(!$this->isPhar()){
 			$resources = array();
-			foreach(new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator($this->dataFolder . "resources/")) as $resource){
+			foreach(new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator($this->file . "resources/")) as $resource){
 				$resources[] = $resource;
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/PocketMine/plugin/PluginDescription.php b/src/PocketMine/plugin/PluginDescription.php
index 70086066d..bd97df726 100644
--- a/src/PocketMine/plugin/PluginDescription.php
+++ b/src/PocketMine/plugin/PluginDescription.php
@@ -96,13 +96,14 @@ class PluginDescription{
 				$this->order = constant("PocketMine\\Plugin\\PluginLoadOrder::" . $order);
 			}
 		}
-
+		$this->authors = array();
+		if(isset($plugin["author"])){
+			$this->authors[] = $plugin["author"];
+		}
 		if(isset($plugin["authors"])){
-			$this->authors = $plugin["authors"];
-		}elseif(isset($plugin["author"])){
-			$this->authors = array($plugin["author"]);
-		}else{
-			$this->authors = array();
+			foreach($plugin["authors"] as $author){
+				$this->authors[] = $author;
+			}
 		}
 
 		if(isset($plugin["permissions"])){