diff --git a/fud2/fud-core/Cargo.toml b/fud2/fud-core/Cargo.toml
index 52eae17012..ff0ae2cb8b 100644
--- a/fud2/fud-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fud2/fud-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ camino = "1.1.6"
 anyhow.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
 env_logger.workspace = true
-rhai = { version = "1.18.0" }
+rhai = "1.18.0"
 once_cell = "1.19.0"
 ariadne = "0.4.1"
diff --git a/fud2/fud-core/src/script/plugin.rs b/fud2/fud-core/src/script/plugin.rs
index c42b4fa015..fd3bd3f1e3 100644
--- a/fud2/fud-core/src/script/plugin.rs
+++ b/fud2/fud-core/src/script/plugin.rs
@@ -47,8 +47,14 @@ impl LoadPlugins for DriverBuilder {
     fn load_plugins(self) -> Self {
         // get list of plugins
         let config = config::load_config(&self.name);
-        let plugin_files =
-            config.extract_inner::<Vec<PathBuf>>("plugins").unwrap();
+        let plugin_files = match config.extract_inner::<Vec<PathBuf>>("plugins")
+        {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(_) => {
+                // No plugins to load.
+                return self;
+            }
+        };
 
         // wrap driver in a ref cell, so that we can call it from a
         // Rhai context