diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 44be1d461b6e38fb2c1242c831d49394a496dda2..3a13f82bbdb94e54fb1b19268cbcddc9992f6fde 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "build-aot": "GIT_HASH=`git rev-parse --short HEAD` webpack --config webpack.aot.js",
     "build-min": "webpack --config webpack.prod.js",
     "build": "webpack --config webpack.dev.js",
-    "dev-plugin": "PLUGINDEV=true npm run dev-server & npm run plugin-server",
+    "dev-plugin": "PLUGINDEV=http://localhost:10080/allPluginmanifests npm run dev-server & npm run plugin-server",
     "plugin-server": "node ./src/plugin_examples/server.js",
     "dev-server": "webpack-dev-server --config webpack.dev.js --mode development",
     "serve-plugins": "node src/plugin_examples/server.js",
diff --git a/src/atlasViewer/atlasViewer.dataService.service.ts b/src/atlasViewer/atlasViewer.dataService.service.ts
index a2d76416afaac8dd97d0f817b6826760d9d8c239..7dad5e9b1113ce2c159952ea8de6b2c30e045f02 100644
--- a/src/atlasViewer/atlasViewer.dataService.service.ts
+++ b/src/atlasViewer/atlasViewer.dataService.service.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ export class AtlasViewerDataService implements OnDestroy{
   public promiseFetchedPluginManifests : Promise<PluginManifest[]> = new Promise((resolve,reject)=>{
     Promise.all([
       PLUGINDEV
-        ? PLUGINDEV === 'true'
-          ? fetch('http://localhost:10080/allPluginmanifests').then(res=>res.json())
-          : fetch(PLUGINDEV).then(res => res.json())
+        ? fetch(PLUGINDEV).then(res => res.json())
         : Promise.resolve([]),
       Promise.all(
         BUNDLEDPLUGINS