diff --git a/SpiceBot/SpiceBotCore/__init__.py b/SpiceBot/SpiceBotCore/__init__.py
index e69de29..bd1a7cb 100644
--- a/SpiceBot/SpiceBotCore/__init__.py
+++ b/SpiceBot/SpiceBotCore/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+print("SpiceBotCore imported")
diff --git a/SpiceBot/__init__.py b/SpiceBot/__init__.py
index 3458009..d662e8d 100644
--- a/SpiceBot/__init__.py
+++ b/SpiceBot/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import, division, print_functi
 import os
 import pathlib
 
+from SpiceBotCore import SpiceBotCore_OBJ
+
+from sopel import plugin
+
 
 """
 `SCRIPT_DIR` is a very important variable to set early on.
@@ -17,4 +21,16 @@ SCRIPT_DIR = pathlib.Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 
 def setup(bot):
-    print(SCRIPT_DIR)
+    SpiceBotCore_OBJ.script_dir = SCRIPT_DIR
+    print(SpiceBotCore_OBJ.script_dir)
+
+    SpiceBotCore_OBJ.test = "testing loading a class"
+
+    print(SpiceBotCore_OBJ.test)
+
+
+@plugin.command('test')
+def test(bot, trigger):
+    bot.say("Testing the bot")
+    bot.say("Loading SpiceBotCore from: %s" % SpiceBotCore_OBJ.script_dir)
+    bot.say("Test String: %s" % SpiceBotCore_OBJ.test)