From 50d5850097cc1f2bd4ad7fde1d6012c2a407d7c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Dorin <ndorin@pepperdash.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 14:10:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Changes to instantiate the plugin loader class from the
 custom plugin

---
 PepperDashEssentials/PluginLoading/PluginLoading.cs | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PepperDashEssentials/PluginLoading/PluginLoading.cs b/PepperDashEssentials/PluginLoading/PluginLoading.cs
index dcffacdd..d12775c7 100644
--- a/PepperDashEssentials/PluginLoading/PluginLoading.cs
+++ b/PepperDashEssentials/PluginLoading/PluginLoading.cs
@@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials
                     {
                         try
                         {
-                            var plugin = type as IPluginDeviceConfig;
-                            if (plugin != null)
+                            if (typeof(IPluginDeviceConfig).IsAssignableFrom(type))
                             {
+                                var plugin = (IPluginDeviceConfig)Crestron.SimplSharp.Reflection.Activator.CreateInstance(type); 
                                 LoadCustomPlugin(plugin, loadedAssembly);
                             }
                             else