diff --git a/meshuser.js b/meshuser.js
index d2a00731..a4780c80 100644
--- a/meshuser.js
+++ b/meshuser.js
@@ -3137,6 +3137,12 @@ module.exports.CreateMeshUser = function (parent, db, ws, req, args, domain, use
                 }
                 break;
             }
+            case 'distributeCore': {
+                for (var i in command.nodes) {
+                    parent.sendMeshAgentCore(user, domain, command.nodes[i]._id, 'default');
+                }
+                break;
+            }
             case 'plugins': {
                 // Since plugin actions generally require a server restart, use the Full admin permission
                 if ((user.siteadmin & 0xFFFFFFFF) == 0 || parent.parent.pluginHandler == null) break; // must be full admin with plugins enabled
@@ -3172,7 +3178,7 @@ module.exports.CreateMeshUser = function (parent, db, ws, req, args, domain, use
             }
             case 'installplugin': {
                 if ((user.siteadmin & 0xFFFFFFFF) == 0 || parent.parent.pluginHandler == null) break; // must be full admin, plugins enabled
-                parent.parent.pluginHandler.installPlugin(command.id, command.version_only, function(){
+                parent.parent.pluginHandler.installPlugin(command.id, command.version_only, null, function(){
                     parent.db.getPlugins(function(err, docs) {
                         try { ws.send(JSON.stringify({ action: 'updatePluginList', list: docs, result: err })); } catch (ex) { } 
                     });
diff --git a/pluginHandler.js b/pluginHandler.js
index c1a38f11..d0d70b59 100644
--- a/pluginHandler.js
+++ b/pluginHandler.js
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ module.exports.pluginHandler = function (parent) {
         });
     };
     
-    obj.installPlugin = function(id, version_only, func) {
+    obj.installPlugin = function(id, version_only, force_url, func) {
         parent.db.getPlugin(id, function(err, docs){
             // the "id" would probably suffice, but is probably an sanitary issue, generate a random instead
             var randId = Math.random().toString(32).replace('0.', '');
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ module.exports.pluginHandler = function (parent) {
                 const file = obj.fs.createWriteStream(fileName);
                 var dl_url = plugin.downloadUrl;
                 if (version_only != null && version_only != false) dl_url = version_only.url;
+                if (force_url != null) dl_url = force_url;
                 var url = require('url');
                 var q = url.parse(dl_url, true);
                 var http = (q.protocol == "http") ? require('http') : require('https');
@@ -342,7 +343,7 @@ module.exports.pluginHandler = function (parent) {
                 };
                 var request = http.get(opts, function(response) {
                     // handle redirections with grace
-                    if (response.headers.location) return obj.installPlugin(id, { name: version_only.name, url: response.headers.location }, func);
+                    if (response.headers.location) return obj.installPlugin(id, version_only, response.headers.location, func);
                     response.pipe(file);
                     file.on('finish', function() {
                         file.close(function(){
@@ -377,13 +378,16 @@ module.exports.pluginHandler = function (parent) {
                                 zipfile.on("end", function () { setTimeout(function () {
                                     obj.fs.unlinkSync(fileName); 
                                     if (version_only == null || version_only === false) {
-                                        parent.db.setPluginStatus(id, 1, func); 
+                                        parent.db.setPluginStatus(id, 1, func);
                                     } else {
-                                        parent.db.updatePlugin(id, { status: 1, version: version_only.name }, func);
+                                        parent.db.updatePlugin(id, { status: 1, version: version_only.name }, func); 
                                     }
                                     obj.plugins[plugin.shortName] = require(obj.pluginPath + '/' + plugin.shortName + '/' + plugin.shortName + '.js')[plugin.shortName](obj);
                                     obj.exports[plugin.shortName] = obj.plugins[plugin.shortName].exports;
                                     if (typeof obj.plugins[plugin.shortName].server_startup == 'function') obj.plugins[plugin.shortName].server_startup();
+                                    var plugin_config = obj.fs.readFileSync(obj.pluginPath + '/' + plugin.shortName + '/config.json');
+                                    plugin_config = JSON.parse(plugin_config);
+                                    parent.db.updatePlugin(plugin._id, plugin_config);
                                     parent.updateMeshCore();
                                 }); });
                             });
diff --git a/views/default.handlebars b/views/default.handlebars
index fc7e9b22..aef176a3 100644
--- a/views/default.handlebars
+++ b/views/default.handlebars
@@ -423,7 +423,9 @@
                 <table id="p7tbl">
                     <tr><th class="chName">Name</th><th class="chDescription">Description</th><th class="chSite">Link</th><th class="chVersion">Version</th><th class="chUpgradeAvail">Latest Available</th><th class="chStatus">Status</th><th class="chAction">Action</th></tr>
                 </table>
-                <div id="pluginRestartNotice" style="display:none;"><div>Notice:</div> MeshCentral plugins have been altered. Agent cores require may require an update before full features are available.</div>
+                <div id="pluginRestartNotice" style="display:none;"><div>Notice:</div> MeshCentral plugins have been altered. Agent cores require may require an update before full features are available.<br />
+                Click <a href="#" onclick="distributeCore(); return false;">here</a> to update all Mesh Agent cores.
+                </div>
             </div>
             <div id=p10 style="display:none">
                 <table style="width:100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
@@ -9564,6 +9566,11 @@
             meshserver.send({ action: 'pluginLatestCheck' });
         }
         
+        function distributeCore() {
+            meshserver.send({ action: 'distributeCore', nodes: nodes }); // all nodes the user has access to
+            QV('pluginRestartNotice', false);
+        }
+        
         function pluginActionEx() {
             var act = Q('lastPluginAct').value, id = Q('lastPluginId').value, pVersUrl = Q('lastPluginVersion').value;