diff --git a/lib/cmock_plugin_manager.rb b/lib/cmock_plugin_manager.rb
index 39678af..f794868 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_plugin_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_plugin_manager.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ require "#{$here}/cmock_generator_plugin_cexception.rb"
 
 class CMockPluginManager
 
+  attr_reader :config, :utils
+
   def initialize(config, utils)
     @config = config
     @utils = utils
@@ -18,5 +20,3 @@ class CMockPluginManager
     return @plugins
   end
 end
-
-#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  eventually I plan to scan a plugin directory to pull in all this stuff, and maybe check the yaml file after that to see what is currently allowed.  that sounds swank, no?
diff --git a/test/unit/cmock_plugin_manager_test.rb b/test/unit/cmock_plugin_manager_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4b335b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/cmock_plugin_manager_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) + "/../test_helper"
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)) + "/../../lib/cmock_plugin_manager"
+
+class CMockPluginManagerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def setup
+    create_mocks :config, :utils
+    @cmock_plugins = CMockPluginManager.new(@config, @utils)
+  end
+
+  def teardown
+  end
+  
+  should "have set up internal accessors correctly on init" do
+    assert_equal(@config, @cmock_plugins.config)
+    assert_equal(@utils,  @cmock_plugins.utils)
+  end
+  
+  should "return all plugins by default" do
+    @config.stubs!(:tab).returns("  ")
+    @config.expect.use_cexception.returns(true)
+    @config.expect.allow_ignore_mock.returns(true)
+    test_plugins = @cmock_plugins.get_generator_plugins
+    contained = { :expect => false, :ignore => false, :cexception => false }
+    test_plugins.each do |plugin|
+      contained[:expect]     = true   if plugin.instance_of?(CMockGeneratorPluginExpect)
+      contained[:ignore]     = true   if plugin.instance_of?(CMockGeneratorPluginIgnore)
+      contained[:cexception] = true   if plugin.instance_of?(CMockGeneratorPluginCException)
+    end
+    assert_equal(true, contained[:expect])
+    assert_equal(true, contained[:ignore])
+    assert_equal(true, contained[:cexception])
+  end
+  
+  should "return restricted plugins based on config" do
+    @config.stubs!(:tab).returns("  ")
+    @config.expect.use_cexception.returns(false)
+    @config.expect.allow_ignore_mock.returns(false)
+    test_plugins = @cmock_plugins.get_generator_plugins
+    contained = { :expect => false, :ignore => false, :cexception => false }
+    test_plugins.each do |plugin|
+      contained[:expect]     = true   if plugin.instance_of?(CMockGeneratorPluginExpect)
+      contained[:ignore]     = true   if plugin.instance_of?(CMockGeneratorPluginIgnore)
+      contained[:cexception] = true   if plugin.instance_of?(CMockGeneratorPluginCException)
+    end
+    assert_equal(true, contained[:expect])
+    assert_equal(false,contained[:ignore])
+    assert_equal(false,contained[:cexception])
+  end
+  
+end