diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core.pm b/lib/PBot/Core.pm
index 3294ca86..785f2312 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core.pm
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ sub initialize {
             return;
         }
     );
+
+    $self->{logger}->log("PBot::Core initialized.\n");
 }
 
 sub random_nick {
diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/Class.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/Class.pm
index 53ef4394..73af1251 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/Class.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/Class.pm
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ package PBot::Core::Class;
 
 use PBot::Imports;
 
-our $quiet = 0;
+my %import_opts;
 
 sub import {
     my ($package, %opts) = @_;
 
-    $quiet = $opts{quiet};
+    if (%opts) {
+        # set import options for package
+        $import_opts{$package} = \%opts;
+    }
 }
 
 sub new {
@@ -25,18 +28,24 @@ sub new {
     if (not exists $args{pbot}) {
         my ($package, $filename, $line) = caller(0);
         my (undef, undef, undef, $subroutine) = caller(1);
-        Carp::croak("Missing pbot reference to " . $class . ", created by $subroutine at $filename:$line");
+        Carp::croak("Missing pbot reference to $class, created by $subroutine at $filename:$line");
     }
 
+    # create class instance
     my $self = bless { pbot => $args{pbot} }, $class;
 
-    $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("Initializing $class\n") unless $quiet;
+    # log class initialization unless quieted
+    unless (exists $import_opts{$class} and $import_opts{$class}{quiet}) {
+        $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("Initializing $class\n")
+    }
+
     $self->initialize(%args);
 
     return $self;
 }
 
 sub initialize {
+    # ensure class has an initialize() subroutine
     my ($package, $filename, $line) = caller(0);
     my (undef, undef, undef, $subroutine) = caller(1);
     Carp::croak("Missing initialize subroutine in $subroutine at $filename:$line");
diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/Factoids/Data.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/Factoids/Data.pm
index f7b1ea7d..b3680a5f 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/Factoids/Data.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/Factoids/Data.pm
@@ -54,12 +54,10 @@ our %factoid_metadata = (
 sub initialize {
     my ($self, %conf) = @_;
 
-    my $filename = $conf{filename};
-
     $self->{storage} = PBot::Core::Storage::DualIndexSQLiteObject->new(
         pbot     => $self->{pbot},
         name     => 'Factoids',
-        filename => $filename,
+        filename => $conf{filename},
     );
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/Plugins.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/Plugins.pm
index 38c9291c..681acc7b 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/Plugins.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/Plugins.pm
@@ -29,18 +29,20 @@ sub autoload {
 
     my $data_dir = $self->{pbot}->{registry}->get_value('general', 'data_dir');
 
-    $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("Loading plugins ...\n");
-
     my $plugin_count = 0;
 
     my $fh;
     if (not open $fh, "<$data_dir/plugin_autoload") {
-        $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("warning: file $data_dir/plugin_autoload does not exist; skipping autoloading of Plugins\n");
+        $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("Plugins: autoload: file $data_dir/plugin_autoload does not exist; skipping autoloading of Plugins\n");
         return;
     }
     chomp(my @plugins = <$fh>);
     close $fh;
 
+    $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("Loading plugins:\n");
+
+    $conf{quiet} = 1;
+
     foreach my $plugin (sort @plugins) {
         # do not load plugins that begin with a comment
         next if $plugin =~ m/^\s*#/;
@@ -48,6 +50,9 @@ sub autoload {
 
         $plugin = basename $plugin;
         $plugin =~ s/.pm$//;
+
+        $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("  $plugin\n");
+
         $plugin_count++ if $self->load($plugin, %conf);
     }
 
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ sub load {
     $self->{pbot}->{refresher}->{refresher}->refresh_module($module);
 
     my $ret = eval {
-        $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("Loading $plugin\n");
+        $self->{pbot}->{logger}->log("Loading $plugin\n") unless $conf{quiet};
         require "$module";
         my $class = "PBot::Plugin::$plugin";
         $self->{plugins}->{$plugin} = $class->new(pbot => $self->{pbot}, %conf);
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index d6da8615..f7b2d01e 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 # File: VERSION.pm
 #
-# Purpose: Keeps track of bot version. Can compare current version against
-# latest version on github or URL in `version.check_url` registry entry.
+# Purpose: Keeps track of bot version. All of PBot is considered a single
+# entity. The BUILD_REVSION constant in this file is the count of git commits
+# to the PBot repository when this file was updated. This file is updated by
+# the /misc/update_version script after any commits that alter PBot's behavior.
+#
+# See also PBot::Core::Commands::Version, which can compare current version
+# against latest version on github or URL in `version.check_url` registry
+# entry to notify users of the availability of a new version.
+#
+# TODO: The PBot::Plugin::* plugins probably should have their own version
+# identifiers as a template for using versioned $HOME/PBot/Plugin/ plugins. I
+# don't want to micro-manage version identifiers for PBot::Core stuff though.
 
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Pragmatic Software <pragma78@gmail.com>
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
@@ -20,11 +30,11 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = (
     @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{all} },
 );
 
-# These are set automatically by the misc/update_version script
+# These are set automatically by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4315,
-    BUILD_DATE     => "2021-07-26",
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4317,
+    BUILD_DATE     => "2021-07-27",
 };
 
 sub initialize {