diff --git a/ovos_plugin_common_play/ocp/utils.py b/ovos_plugin_common_play/ocp/utils.py
index b30b79a..fb633a8 100644
--- a/ovos_plugin_common_play/ocp/utils.py
+++ b/ovos_plugin_common_play/ocp/utils.py
@@ -3,11 +3,20 @@
 from os import makedirs
 from os.path import expanduser, isfile, join, dirname, exists
 from typing import List
+from ovos_utils.system import module_property
 
 from ovos_plugin_manager.ocp import StreamHandler
 from ovos_plugin_common_play.ocp.status import TrackState, PlaybackType
 from ovos_ocp_files_plugin.plugin import OCPFilesMetadataExtractor
-ocp_plugins = StreamHandler()
+
+_plugins = None
+
+
+@module_property
+def _ocp_plugins():
+    global _plugins
+    _plugins = _plugins or StreamHandler()
+    return _plugins
 
 
 def is_qtav_available():
@@ -32,7 +41,7 @@ def available_extractors() -> List[str]:
     @return: List of supported SEI prefixes
     """
     return ["/", "http:", "https:", "file:"] + \
-           [f"{sei}//" for sei in ocp_plugins.supported_seis]
+           [f"{sei}//" for sei in _ocp_plugins().supported_seis]
 
 
 def extract_metadata(uri):
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 31f297d..1300d2b 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ padacioso~=0.1, >=0.1.1
 ovos_workshop~=0.0, >=0.0.10
 ovos_audio_plugin_simple
 dbus-next
-ovos-ocp-files-plugin~=0.13
\ No newline at end of file
+ovos-ocp-files-plugin~=0.13
+ovos-utils~=0.0.29,>=0.0.30a1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/unittests/test_utils.py b/test/unittests/test_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ce20da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unittests/test_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import unittest
+
+
+class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_plugins_init(self):
+        from ovos_plugin_common_play.ocp.utils import ocp_plugins
+        from ovos_plugin_manager.ocp import StreamHandler
+        self.assertIsInstance(ocp_plugins, StreamHandler)
+
+    def test_available_extractors(self):
+        from ovos_plugin_common_play.ocp.utils import available_extractors
+        extractors = available_extractors()
+        self.assertIsInstance(extractors, list)
+        for ex in extractors:
+            self.assertIsInstance(ex, str)