diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/plugins/PluginManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/plugins/PluginManager.kt
index 583db4831..2a4e57656 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/plugins/PluginManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/plugins/PluginManager.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package com.lagradost.cloudstream3.plugins
 
 import android.Manifest
-import android.app.*
+import android.app.Activity
+import android.app.Notification
+import android.app.NotificationChannel
+import android.app.NotificationManager
 import android.content.Context
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager
 import android.content.res.AssetManager
@@ -15,18 +18,25 @@ import androidx.core.app.NotificationCompat
 import androidx.core.app.NotificationManagerCompat
 import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty
-import com.google.gson.Gson
-import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.*
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.APIHolder
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.APIHolder.removePluginMapping
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.AcraApplication.Companion.getActivity
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.AcraApplication.Companion.getKey
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.AcraApplication.Companion.removeKey
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.AcraApplication.Companion.setKey
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.AllLanguagesName
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.AutoDownloadMode
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.CommonActivity.showToast
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.MainAPI
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.MainAPI.Companion.settingsForProvider
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.MainActivity.Companion.afterPluginsLoadedEvent
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.PROVIDER_STATUS_DOWN
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.PROVIDER_STATUS_OK
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.R
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.TvType
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.actions.VideoClickAction
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.actions.VideoClickActionHolder
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.apmap
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mvvm.debugPrint
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mvvm.logError
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mvvm.normalSafeApiCall
@@ -34,22 +44,22 @@ import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.plugins.RepositoryManager.ONLINE_PLUGINS_FOLDE
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.plugins.RepositoryManager.PREBUILT_REPOSITORIES
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.plugins.RepositoryManager.downloadPluginToFile
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.plugins.RepositoryManager.getRepoPlugins
-import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.UiText
-import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.txt
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.settings.extensions.REPOSITORIES_KEY
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.settings.extensions.RepositoryData
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.AppContextUtils.getApiProviderLangSettings
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.AppUtils.parseJson
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.Coroutines.main
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.ExtractorApi
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.UIHelper.colorFromAttribute
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.UiText
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.VideoDownloadManager.sanitizeFilename
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.extractorApis
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.txt
 import dalvik.system.PathClassLoader
 import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.Mutex
 import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.withLock
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.InputStreamReader
-import java.util.*
 
 // Different keys for local and not since local can be removed at any time without app knowing, hence the local are getting rebuilt on every app start
 const val PLUGINS_KEY = "PLUGINS_KEY"
@@ -187,7 +197,6 @@ object PluginManager {
 
     var loadedOnlinePlugins = false
         private set
-    private val gson = Gson()
 
     private suspend fun maybeLoadPlugin(context: Context, file: File) {
         val name = file.name
@@ -537,10 +546,7 @@ object PluginManager {
                     return false
                 }
                 InputStreamReader(stream).use { reader ->
-                    manifest = gson.fromJson(
-                        reader,
-                        BasePlugin.Manifest::class.java
-                    )
+                    manifest = parseJson(reader, BasePlugin.Manifest::class.java)
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/AppUtils.kt b/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/AppUtils.kt
index 374751a80..6832ab8d2 100644
--- a/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/AppUtils.kt
+++ b/library/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/AppUtils.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.readValue
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mapper
+import java.io.Reader
 
 object AppUtils {
     /** Any object as json string */
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ object AppUtils {
         return mapper.readValue(value)
     }
 
+    inline fun <reified T> parseJson(reader: Reader, valueType: Class<T>): T {
+        return mapper.readValue(reader, valueType)
+    }
+
     inline fun <reified T> tryParseJson(value: String?): T? {
         return try {
             parseJson(value ?: return null)