diff --git a/frontend/src/components/App/PluginSettings/PluginSettings.tsx b/frontend/src/components/App/PluginSettings/PluginSettings.tsx
index ca2a9ec815..c432944a90 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/App/PluginSettings/PluginSettings.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/App/PluginSettings/PluginSettings.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { MRT_Row } from 'material-react-table';
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
+import semver from 'semver';
 import helpers from '../../../helpers';
 import { useFilterFunc } from '../../../lib/util';
 import { PluginInfo, reloadPage, setPluginSettings } from '../../../plugin/pluginsSlice';
@@ -285,9 +286,74 @@ export default function PluginSettings() {
 
   const pluginSettings = useTypedSelector(state => state.plugins.pluginSettings);
 
+  const [plugins, setPlugins] = useState<PluginInfo[]>([]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // to do: this is reused code that needs to be refactored for this specific use, maybe in a different PR as a hook
+    async function get() {
+      const pluginPaths = (await fetch(`${helpers.getAppUrl()}plugins`).then(resp =>
+        resp.json()
+      )) as string[];
+      const packageInfosPromise = await Promise.all<PluginInfo>(
+        pluginPaths.map(path =>
+          fetch(`${helpers.getAppUrl()}${path}/package.json`).then(resp => {
+            if (!resp.ok) {
+              if (resp.status !== 404) {
+                return Promise.reject(resp);
+              }
+              {
+                console.warn(
+                  'Missing package.json. ' +
+                    `Please upgrade the plugin ${path}` +
+                    ' by running "headlamp-plugin extract" again.' +
+                    ' Please use headlamp-plugin >= 0.8.0'
+                );
+                return {
+                  name: path.split('/').slice(-1)[0],
+                  version: '0.0.0',
+                  author: 'unknown',
+                  description: '',
+                };
+              }
+            }
+            return resp.json();
+          })
+        )
+      );
+      const packageInfos = await packageInfosPromise;
+
+      const pluginsWithIsEnabled = packageInfos.map(plugin => {
+        const matchedSetting = pluginSettings.find(p => plugin.name === p.name);
+        if (matchedSetting) {
+          // to do: compatible version is also reused code that needs to be refactored for this use
+          const compatibleVersion = '>=0.8.0-alpha.3';
+
+          const isCompatible = semver.satisfies(
+            semver.coerce(plugin.devDependencies?.['@kinvolk/headlamp-plugin']) || '',
+            compatibleVersion
+          );
+
+          return {
+            ...plugin,
+            isEnabled: matchedSetting.isEnabled,
+            isCompatible: isCompatible,
+          };
+        }
+        return plugin;
+      });
+
+      setPlugins(pluginsWithIsEnabled);
+    }
+    get();
+  }, []);
+
+  if (!plugins.length) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   return (
     <PluginSettingsPure
-      plugins={pluginSettings}
+      plugins={plugins}
       onSave={plugins => {
         dispatch(setPluginSettings(plugins));
         dispatch(reloadPage());
diff --git a/frontend/src/plugin/index.ts b/frontend/src/plugin/index.ts
index d42a63f672..0c8ae8da4a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/plugin/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/plugin/index.ts
@@ -199,17 +199,20 @@ export function filterSources(
  */
 export function updateSettingsPackages(
   backendPlugins: PluginInfo[],
-  settingsPlugins: PluginInfo[]
+  settingsPlugins: { name: string; isEnabled: boolean }[]
 ): PluginInfo[] {
   if (backendPlugins.length === 0) return [];
 
   const pluginsChanged =
     backendPlugins.length !== settingsPlugins.length ||
-    backendPlugins.map(p => p.name + p.version).join('') !==
-      settingsPlugins.map(p => p.name + p.version).join('');
+    backendPlugins.map(p => p.name) !== settingsPlugins.map(p => p.name);
 
   if (!pluginsChanged) {
-    return settingsPlugins;
+    const updatedPlugins = backendPlugins.filter(plugin =>
+      settingsPlugins.some(setting => setting.name === plugin.name)
+    );
+
+    return updatedPlugins;
   }
 
   return backendPlugins.map(plugin => {
@@ -241,7 +244,7 @@ export function updateSettingsPackages(
  *
  */
 export async function fetchAndExecutePlugins(
-  settingsPackages: PluginInfo[],
+  settingsPackages: { name: string; isEnabled: boolean }[],
   onSettingsChange: (plugins: PluginInfo[]) => void,
   onIncompatible: (plugins: Record<string, PluginInfo>) => void
 ) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/plugin/pluginsSlice.ts b/frontend/src/plugin/pluginsSlice.ts
index 37e3277ac0..d7cd59ce07 100644
--- a/frontend/src/plugin/pluginsSlice.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/plugin/pluginsSlice.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export interface PluginsState {
   /** Have plugins finished executing? */
   loaded: boolean;
   /** Information stored by settings about plugins. */
-  pluginSettings: PluginInfo[];
+  pluginSettings: { name: string; isEnabled: boolean }[];
 }
 const initialState: PluginsState = {
   /** Once the plugins have been fetched and executed. */
@@ -110,9 +110,14 @@ export const pluginsSlice = createSlice({
     /**
      * Save the plugin settings. To both the store, and localStorage.
      */
-    setPluginSettings(state, action: PayloadAction<PluginInfo[]>) {
-      state.pluginSettings = action.payload;
-      localStorage.setItem('headlampPluginSettings', JSON.stringify(action.payload));
+    setPluginSettings(state, action: PayloadAction<any[]>) {
+      const pluginInfo = action.payload.map(p => ({
+        name: p.name,
+        isEnabled: p.isEnabled,
+      }));
+      state.pluginSettings = pluginInfo;
+      console.log('LOCAL SAVE', pluginInfo);
+      localStorage.setItem('headlampPluginSettings', JSON.stringify(pluginInfo));
     },
     /** Reloads the browser page */
     reloadPage() {