diff --git a/SpiceBot/SpiceBotCore/__init__.py b/SpiceBot/SpiceBotCore/__init__.py
index b5f20dc..cd080d0 100644
--- a/SpiceBot/SpiceBotCore/__init__.py
+++ b/SpiceBot/SpiceBotCore/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-print("SpiceBotCore importing")
 
 
 class SpiceBotCore_OBJ():
 
     def __init__(self):
-        print("SpiceBotCore imported")
+        self.script_dir = None
+        self.bot = None
+
+    def setup(self, script_dir, bot):
+        self.script_dir = script_dir
+        self.bot = bot
diff --git a/SpiceBot/__init__.py b/SpiceBot/__init__.py
index 6dcc110..dd9edcf 100644
--- a/SpiceBot/__init__.py
+++ b/SpiceBot/__init__.py
@@ -9,19 +9,16 @@ import pathlib
 
 from .SpiceBotCore import SpiceBotCore_OBJ
 
+
 from sopel import plugin
 
-
-"""
-`SCRIPT_DIR` is a very important variable to set early on.
-This is the directory `main.py` has been called from.
-This information will be use to dynamically set other variables later, as well as some default locations.
-"""
 SCRIPT_DIR = pathlib.Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
+spicebotcore = SpiceBotCore_OBJ
+
 
 def setup(bot):
-    SpiceBotCore_OBJ.script_dir = SCRIPT_DIR
+    spicebotcore.setup(SCRIPT_DIR, bot)
 
 
 @plugin.nickname_command('test')