diff --git a/lib/CallBackery.pm b/lib/CallBackery.pm
index 87b0696..9b6341d 100644
--- a/lib/CallBackery.pm
+++ b/lib/CallBackery.pm
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ use CallBackery::Plugin::Doc;
 use CallBackery::Database;
 use CallBackery::User;
 
-our $VERSION = '0.46.2';
+our $VERSION = '0.46.3';
 
 
 =head2 config
@@ -169,12 +169,7 @@ sub startup {
         $c->res->headers->cache_control('no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate')
             unless $c->req->url->path =~ m{/resource/.+};
     });
-
-    # on initial startup lets get all the 'stuff' into place
-    # reconfigure will also create the secretFile.
-    if (not -f $app->config->secretFile){
-        $app->config->reConfigure;
-    }
+    
     if (my $secrets = $app->config->secretFile) {
         if (-r $secrets) {
             $app->secrets([ path($app->config->secretFile)->slurp ]);
diff --git a/lib/CallBackery/Config.pm b/lib/CallBackery/Config.pm
index cff3343..27dddf2 100644
--- a/lib/CallBackery/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/CallBackery/Config.pm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ CallBackery gets much of its configuration from this config file.
 
 =cut
 
-use Mojo::Base -base,-async_await;
+use Mojo::Base -base,-async_await, -signatures;
 use CallBackery::Exception qw(mkerror);
 use CallBackery::Translate qw(trm);
 use Config::Grammar::Dynamic;
@@ -38,8 +38,16 @@ the name of the config file
 
 has file => sub { croak "the file parameter is mandatory" };
 
-has secretFile => sub {
-    shift->file.'.secret';
+has secretFile => sub ($self) {
+    my $secretFile = $self->file.'.secret';
+    if (not -f $secretFile){
+        open my $rand, '>', $secretFile;
+        chmod 0600,$secretFile;
+        print $rand sprintf('%x%x',int(rand()*1e14),int(rand()*1e14));
+        close $rand;
+        chmod 0400,$secretFile;
+    }
+    return $secretFile;
 };
 
 has app => sub { croak "the app parameter is mandatory" };
@@ -137,8 +145,9 @@ sub loadAndNewPlugin {
     my $module;
     my $ok;
     for my $path (@{$self->pluginPath}) {
+        #$self->log->debug("looking for $plugin in $path");
         if (my $e = load_class "${path}::$plugin") {
-            die mkerror(3894,"Exception: $e") if ref $e;
+            die mkerror(3894,"Loading ${path}::$plugin: $e") if ref $e;
         } else {
             return "${path}::${plugin}"->new();
         }