# Best way to load plugin configurations?

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**Category:** Plugins\
**Created:** [February 11, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/best-way-to-load-plugin-configurations/2041 "2017-02-11T21:21:52Z")\
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In my main application’s config/bootstrap.php, I added the following line:

`Plugin::load('Corecast', ['bootstrap' => true, 'routes' => true]);`

In my plugin’s config folder, I created a bootstrap.php file, and in it:

```
use Cake\Core\Configure;

try {
    Configure::load('Corecast.corecast', 'default', false);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    exit($e->getMessage() . "\n");
}

```

The above call to Configure::load() is given the plugin name and the name of the configuration file, in plugin notation. My custom configuration file is named corecast.php and it is also in my plugin’s config folder.

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