diff --git a/openflexure_microscope/microscope.py b/openflexure_microscope/microscope.py
index 8c016101..487be8a8 100644
--- a/openflexure_microscope/microscope.py
+++ b/openflexure_microscope/microscope.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import numpy as np
 from openflexure_stage import OpenFlexureStage
 from .camera.pi import StreamingCamera
 
-from .plugins import PluginMount
+from .plugins import PluginMount, load_plugin, search_plugin_paths
 
 
 class Microscope(object):
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Microscope(object):
         """Shut down the microscope hardware."""
         self.camera.close()
         self.stage.close()
-    
+
     def attach(self, camera: StreamingCamera, stage: OpenFlexureStage):
         """
         Retroactively attaches a camera and stage to the microscope object.
@@ -61,6 +61,20 @@ class Microscope(object):
             logging.info("Attached stage {}".format(stage))
             self.stage.backlash = np.zeros(3, dtype=np.int)
 
+    def find_plugins(self, plugin_paths=[], include_default=True):
+        """
+        Automatically search for plugins, and attach to self.
+
+        Args:
+            plugin_paths (list): List of strings of plugin directories.
+            include_default (bool): Also load plugins from the module default directory (DEFAULT_PLUGIN_PATH)
+        """
+        plugins_list = search_plugin_paths(plugin_paths, include_default=include_default)
+
+        for i in plugins_list:
+            module = load_plugin(i)
+            self.plugin.attach(module)
+
     # Create unified state
     @property
     def state(self):
diff --git a/openflexure_microscope/plugins/loader.py b/openflexure_microscope/plugins/loader.py
index 63b8fd8c..7276c145 100644
--- a/openflexure_microscope/plugins/loader.py
+++ b/openflexure_microscope/plugins/loader.py
@@ -8,23 +8,23 @@ HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 DEFAULT_PLUGIN_PATH = os.path.join(HERE, 'default')
 
 
-def search_plugin_dirs(plugin_dirs, include_default=True):
+def search_plugin_dirs(plugin_paths, include_default=True):
     """
     Search through, and load from, a list of plugin directories.
 
     Args:
-        plugin_dirs (list): List of strings of plugin directories.
+        plugin_paths (list): List of strings of plugin directories.
         include_default (bool): Also load plugins from the module default directory (DEFAULT_PLUGIN_PATH)
     """
     global DEFAULT_PLUGIN_PATH
 
     if include_default:  # If including default plugins
-        plugin_dirs.append(DEFAULT_PLUGIN_PATH)  # Add default directory to the search paths
+        plugin_paths.append(DEFAULT_PLUGIN_PATH)  # Add default directory to the search paths
 
-    logging.debug(plugin_dirs)
+    logging.debug(plugin_paths)
 
     plugins = []  # List of loaded plugins
-    for plugin_dir in plugin_dirs:  # For each plugin directory
+    for plugin_dir in plugin_paths:  # For each plugin directory
         logging.debug("Searching {}".format(plugin_dir))
         plugins.extend(find_plugins(plugin_dir))  # Find plugin folders, and load into list
 
diff --git a/tests/test_plugins.py b/tests/test_plugins.py
index 469b3fa4..8f2d1d40 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugins.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugins.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from openflexure_microscope.camera.pi import StreamingCamera
 from openflexure_stage import OpenFlexureStage
 from openflexure_microscope import Microscope
-from openflexure_microscope.plugins import PluginMount, load_plugin, search_plugin_dirs
+from openflexure_microscope.plugins import PluginMount, load_plugin, search_plugin_paths
 
 import atexit
 import logging, sys
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@ logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stderr, level=logging.DEBUG)
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     microscope = Microscope(StreamingCamera(), OpenFlexureStage("/dev/ttyUSB0"))
 
-    plugins_list = search_plugin_dirs([], include_default=True)
-
-    for i in plugins_list:
-        module = load_plugin(i)
-        microscope.plugin.attach(module)
+    microscope.find_plugins()  # Automatically find microscope plugins
 
     # Check that default tets plugins have loaded
     print("RUNNING PLUGIN METHODS:")