diff --git a/SpiceBot/__init__.py b/SpiceBot/__init__.py
index b2bccd2..a8dd193 100644
--- a/SpiceBot/__init__.py
+++ b/SpiceBot/__init__.py
@@ -10,15 +10,13 @@ import pathlib
 from sopel import plugin
 
 from .SpiceBotCore import SpiceBotCore_OBJ
+sbcore = SpiceBotCore_OBJ
 
 SCRIPT_DIR = pathlib.Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
-
-
-def setup(bot):
-    SpiceBotCore_OBJ.setup(SCRIPT_DIR, bot)
+sbcore.script_dir = SCRIPT_DIR
 
 
 @plugin.nickname_command('test')
 def test(bot, trigger):
     bot.say("Testing the bot")
-    bot.say("%s" % SpiceBotCore_OBJ.script_dir)
+    bot.say("%s" % sbcore.script_dir)