diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d9bc766..5d52b6c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "re_set-lib"
-version = "2.10.2"
+version = "2.11.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Data structure library for ReSet"
 repository = "https://github.com/Xetibo/ReSet-Lib"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 772c01c..03d1f8b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #![feature(trait_upcasting)]
 #![feature(unsized_fn_params)]
+#![feature(unboxed_closures)]
+#![feature(fn_traits)]
 use directories_next as dirs;
 use std::{fmt, fs, path::PathBuf, slice::Iter};
 use utils::{
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index aa08327..2c0c600 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+#[cfg(test)]
+use crate::utils::plugin::plugin_tests;
+#[cfg(test)]
+use crate::{utils::plugin::PluginTestError, utils::plugin::PluginTestFunc};
+
 #[test]
 fn test_config_dir() {
     use crate::create_config;
@@ -96,3 +101,13 @@ fn test_custom_error_flag() {
     let flags = parse_flags(&command_flags);
     assert!(flags.0.is_empty());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_custom_tests() {
+    let func1 = || -> Result<(), PluginTestError> { Ok(()) };
+    let func2 = || -> Result<(), PluginTestError> { Err(PluginTestError::new("fail")) };
+    let func1 = PluginTestFunc::new(func1, "henlo");
+    let func2 = PluginTestFunc::new(func2, "fail");
+    let funcs = vec![func1, func2];
+    plugin_tests(funcs);
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/flags.rs b/src/utils/flags.rs
index 9193e8a..af84a85 100644
--- a/src/utils/flags.rs
+++ b/src/utils/flags.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use super::variant::Variant;
 pub enum Flag<'a> {
     ConfigDir(&'a String),
     PluginDir(&'a String),
-    Other((String,Variant))
+    Other((String, Variant)),
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/src/utils/macros.rs b/src/utils/macros.rs
index a427049..a74c202 100644
--- a/src/utils/macros.rs
+++ b/src/utils/macros.rs
@@ -51,3 +51,14 @@ pub enum ErrorLevel {
     PartialBreakage,
     Critical,
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! plug_assert {
+    ($e:expr) => {{
+        if !$e {
+            return Err(PluginTestError::new("Failed"));
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }};
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/mod.rs b/src/utils/mod.rs
index 925ac0b..f0b7e42 100644
--- a/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pub mod dbus_utils;
+pub mod flags;
 pub mod macros;
-pub mod variant;
 pub mod plugin;
-pub mod flags;
+pub mod variant;
diff --git a/src/utils/plugin.rs b/src/utils/plugin.rs
index 0787297..b7cd4c7 100644
--- a/src/utils/plugin.rs
+++ b/src/utils/plugin.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, error::Error, fmt::Display};
 
 use dbus::Path;
 
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ impl PluginData {
         &self.0
     }
 
-
     pub fn new(map: HashMap<String, Variant>) -> Self {
         Self(map)
     }
@@ -63,3 +62,101 @@ impl Plugin {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct PluginTestError(&'static str);
+
+impl PluginTestError {
+    pub fn new(message: &'static str) -> Self {
+        Self(message)
+    }
+
+    pub fn message(&self) -> &'static str {
+        self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for PluginTestError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str(self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for PluginTestError {}
+
+unsafe impl Send for PluginTestError {}
+unsafe impl Sync for PluginTestError {}
+
+pub struct PluginTestFunc(
+    Box<dyn FnOnce() -> Result<(), PluginTestError>>,
+    &'static str,
+);
+
+impl PluginTestFunc {
+    pub fn new(
+        func: impl Fn() -> Result<(), PluginTestError> + 'static,
+        name: &'static str,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self(Box::new(func), name)
+    }
+
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        self.1
+    }
+}
+
+impl FnOnce<()> for PluginTestFunc {
+    type Output = Result<(), PluginTestError>;
+
+    extern "rust-call" fn call_once(self, _: ()) -> Self::Output {
+        self.0.call_once(())
+    }
+}
+
+unsafe impl Send for PluginTestFunc {}
+unsafe impl Sync for PluginTestFunc {}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub fn plugin_tests(tests: Vec<PluginTestFunc>) {
+    use std::thread;
+
+    let mut running = String::from("");
+    let running_index = tests.len();
+    let mut crashed = String::from("");
+    let mut crashed_index = 0;
+    let mut failed = String::from("");
+    let mut failed_index = 0;
+    let mut success = String::from("");
+    let mut success_index = 0;
+    for func in tests {
+        let name = func.name();
+        running += &format!("running test {}\n", name);
+        let test = thread::spawn(func).join();
+        if test.is_err() {
+            // panic is currently handled differently
+            crashed += &format!("Thread of test {} crashed!\n", name);
+            crashed_index += 1;
+        } else if let Ok(Err(error)) = test {
+            failed += &format!("Test {} failed with error: {}\n", name, error.message());
+            failed_index += 1;
+        } else {
+            success += &format!("Success: {}\n", name);
+            success_index += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    let mut buffer = String::from("");
+    buffer += "\n----------- Plugin Tests -----------\n\n";
+    buffer += &format!("running {} tests:\n", running_index);
+    buffer += &running;
+    buffer += &format!("\n{} test crashed:\n", crashed_index);
+    buffer += &crashed;
+    buffer += &format!("\n{} tests failed:\n", failed_index);
+    buffer += &failed;
+    buffer += &format!("\n{} tests successful:\n", success_index);
+    buffer += &success;
+    buffer += "\n----------- Plugin Tests end -----------\n\n";
+    print!("{}", buffer);
+    // this combination is done to avoid conflicts with other tests
+    // -> the cli only has one buffer, e.g. multiple threads writing
+    // to it could cause conflicts with the terminal output
+}