diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9edda3c..bd13aaa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 .mypy_cache
 coverage.xml
 htmlcov
+**__pycache__
diff --git a/matrix_webhook/formatters/__pycache__/github.cpython-310.pyc b/matrix_webhook/formatters/__pycache__/github.cpython-310.pyc
index ac481ee..cc3038e 100644
Binary files a/matrix_webhook/formatters/__pycache__/github.cpython-310.pyc and b/matrix_webhook/formatters/__pycache__/github.cpython-310.pyc differ
diff --git a/matrix_webhook/formatters/github.py b/matrix_webhook/formatters/github.py
index 9f6226e..920a9b5 100644
--- a/matrix_webhook/formatters/github.py
+++ b/matrix_webhook/formatters/github.py
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-import plugins
-
-
-@plugins.register
-def github(data, headers):
+def formatter(data, headers):
     """Pretty-print a github notification."""
     # TODO: Write nice useful formatters. This is only an example.
     if headers["X-GitHub-Event"] == "push":
diff --git a/matrix_webhook/formatters/grafana.py b/matrix_webhook/formatters/grafana.py
index e78344f..0117e63 100644
--- a/matrix_webhook/formatters/grafana.py
+++ b/matrix_webhook/formatters/grafana.py
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-import plugins
-
-
-@plugins.register
-def grafana(data, headers):
+def formatter(data, headers):
     """Pretty-print a grafana notification."""
     text = ""
     if "title" in data:
diff --git a/matrix_webhook/formatters/pingdom.py b/matrix_webhook/formatters/pingdom.py
index 1bffb2f..ee8fada 100644
--- a/matrix_webhook/formatters/pingdom.py
+++ b/matrix_webhook/formatters/pingdom.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import plugins
+from datetime import datetime
 
 
-@plugin.register
-def pingdom(data, headers):
+def formatter(data, headers):
     """Pretty-print a pingdom notification."""
     #JSON data formatting was obtained from https://www.pingdom.com/resources/webhooks/
     check_id = data["check_id"]
diff --git a/matrix_webhook/handler.py b/matrix_webhook/handler.py
index b3c81df..fbf94e1 100644
--- a/matrix_webhook/handler.py
+++ b/matrix_webhook/handler.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import json
 import logging
 from http import HTTPStatus
 from hmac import HMAC
-import plugins
+import importlib
 
 from markdown import markdown
 
-from . import conf, formatters, utils
+from . import conf, utils
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger("matrix_webhook.handler")
 
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ async def matrix_webhook(request):
 
     This one handles a POST, checks its content, and forwards it to the matrix room.
     """
-    formatters = plugins.names_factory(__package__)
     LOGGER.debug(f"Handling {request=}")
     data_b = await request.read()
 
@@ -38,9 +37,12 @@ async def matrix_webhook(request):
 
     if "formatter" in request.rel_url.query:
         try:
-            data = getattr(formatters, request.rel_url.query["formatter"])(
-                data, request.headers
-            )
+#            data = getattr(formatters, request.rel_url.query["formatter"])(
+#                data, request.headers
+#            )
+            format = request.rel_url.query["formatter"]
+            plugin = importlib.import_module(f"matrix_webhook.formatters.{format}", "formatter")
+            data = plugin.formatter(data, request.headers)
         except AttributeError:
             return utils.create_json_response(
                 HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST, "Unknown formatter"