diff --git a/aprsd/dev.py b/aprsd/dev.py
index 01eecc1..23fb608 100644
--- a/aprsd/dev.py
+++ b/aprsd/dev.py
@@ -190,7 +190,9 @@ def test_plugin(
     client.Client(config)
 
     pm = plugin.PluginManager(config)
+    pm._init()
     obj = pm._create_class(plugin_path, plugin.APRSDPluginBase, config=config)
+    pm._pluggy_pm.register(obj)
     login = config["aprs"]["login"]
 
     packet = {
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ def test_plugin(
         "msgNo": 1,
     }
 
-    reply = obj.filter(packet)
+    reply = pm.run(packet)
     # Plugin might have threads, so lets stop them so we can exit.
     obj.stop_threads()
     LOG.info(f"Result = '{reply}'")
diff --git a/aprsd/main.py b/aprsd/main.py
index 010d8ad..af88327 100644
--- a/aprsd/main.py
+++ b/aprsd/main.py
@@ -464,6 +464,9 @@ def server(
         LOG.error("No Clients are enabled in config.")
         sys.exit(-1)
 
+    # Creates the client object
+    client.factory.create().client
+
     # Create the initial PM singleton and Register plugins
     plugin_manager = plugin.PluginManager(config)
     plugin_manager.setup_plugins()