diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 88a2aba34..621be0831 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/naoina/go-stringutil v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/naoina/toml v0.1.2-0.20170918210437-9fafd6967416
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
-	github.com/openrelayxyz/plugeth-utils v0.0.20
+	github.com/openrelayxyz/plugeth-utils v0.0.21
 	github.com/peterh/liner v1.1.1-0.20190123174540-a2c9a5303de7
 	github.com/prometheus/tsdb v0.7.1
 	github.com/rjeczalik/notify v0.9.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 23fa53f73..ceeb31ddc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.14.0/go.mod h1:iSB4RoI2tjJc9BBv4NKIKWKya62Rps+oPG/Lv9k
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.1/go.mod h1:XdKZgCCFLUoM/7CFJVPcG8C1xQ1AJ0vpAezJrB7JYyY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1 h1:o0+MgICZLuZ7xjH7Vx6zS/zcu93/BEp1VwkIW1mEXCE=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.1/go.mod h1:iN09h71vgCQne3DLsj+A5owkum+a2tYe+TOCB1ybHNo=
-github.com/openrelayxyz/plugeth-utils v0.0.20 h1:AAlGepQnWcYXIDzLT3HNh/cWayJ2MKbSb8Xd0ygFE7A=
-github.com/openrelayxyz/plugeth-utils v0.0.20/go.mod h1:pyxp3NYW0VCJuwClSAuxNIiOdfjn7+h+PZKUVDmQ1qo=
+github.com/openrelayxyz/plugeth-utils v0.0.21 h1:NFFdjLcvOB4WmsQ+yFzrkxpZhf4vpFUHuRhIY7VW9DQ=
+github.com/openrelayxyz/plugeth-utils v0.0.21/go.mod h1:pyxp3NYW0VCJuwClSAuxNIiOdfjn7+h+PZKUVDmQ1qo=
 github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.0.2/go.mod h1:UkNAQd3GIcIGf0SeVgPpRdFStlNbqXla1AfSYxPUl2o=
 github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.0.3-0.20180606204148-bd9c31933947/go.mod h1:UkNAQd3GIcIGf0SeVgPpRdFStlNbqXla1AfSYxPUl2o=
 github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0 h1:pWlfV3Bxv7k65HYwkikxat0+s3pV4bsqf19k25Ur8rU=
diff --git a/plugins/plugin_loader.go b/plugins/plugin_loader.go
index ce16f0a84..be310ecb2 100644
--- a/plugins/plugin_loader.go
+++ b/plugins/plugin_loader.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package plugins
 
 import (
-	"github.com/openrelayxyz/plugeth-utils/core"
-
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -10,13 +8,14 @@ import (
 	"plugin"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
-
+	
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
+	"github.com/openrelayxyz/plugeth-utils/core"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
-type Subcommand func(*cli.Context, []string) error
+type Subcommand func(core.Context, []string) error
 
 type pluginDetails struct {
 	p *plugin.Plugin
@@ -93,9 +92,9 @@ func NewPluginLoader(target string) (*PluginLoader, error) {
 		}
 		sb, err := plug.Lookup("Subcommands")
 		if err == nil {
-			subcommands, ok := sb.(*map[string]func(*cli.Context, []string) error)
+			subcommands, ok := sb.(*map[string]func(core.Context, []string) error)
 			if !ok {
-				log.Warn("Could not cast plugin.Subcommands to `map[string]func(*cli.Context, []string) error`", "file", fpath, "type", reflect.TypeOf(sb))
+				log.Warn("Could not cast plugin.Subcommands to `map[string]func(core.Context, []string) error`", "file", fpath, "type", reflect.TypeOf(sb))
 			} else {
 				for k, v := range *subcommands {
 					if _, ok := pl.Subcommands[k]; ok {
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ func NewPluginLoader(target string) (*PluginLoader, error) {
 	return pl, nil
 }
 
-func Initialize(target string, ctx *cli.Context) (err error) {
+func Initialize(target string, ctx core.Context) (err error) {
 	DefaultPluginLoader, err = NewPluginLoader(target)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -119,13 +118,13 @@ func Initialize(target string, ctx *cli.Context) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (pl *PluginLoader) Initialize(ctx *cli.Context) {
+func (pl *PluginLoader) Initialize(ctx core.Context) {
 	fns := pl.Lookup("Initialize", func(i interface{}) bool {
-		_, ok := i.(func(*cli.Context, core.PluginLoader, core.Logger))
+		_, ok := i.(func(core.Context, core.PluginLoader, core.Logger))
 		return ok
 	})
 	for _, fni := range fns {
-		if fn, ok := fni.(func(*cli.Context, core.PluginLoader, core.Logger)); ok {
+		if fn, ok := fni.(func(core.Context, core.PluginLoader, core.Logger)); ok {
 			fn(ctx, pl, log.Root())
 		}
 	}