diff --git a/common/content/commands.js b/common/content/commands.js
index 32d193e6..63df6d03 100644
--- a/common/content/commands.js
+++ b/common/content/commands.js
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ const Command = Class("Command", {
      *     invocation which should be restored on subsequent @dactyl startups.
      */
     serialize: null,
+    serialGroup: 50,
     /**
      * @property {number} If this command takes another ex command as an
      *     argument, the index of that argument. Used in determining whether to
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ const Commands = Module("commands", {
 
     /** @property {Iterator(Command)} @private */
     __iterator__: function () {
-        let sorted = this._exCommands.sort(function (a, b) a.name > b.name);
+        let sorted = this._exCommands.sort(function (a, b) a.serialGroup - b.serialGroup || a.name > b.name);
         return array.iterValues(sorted);
     },
 
diff --git a/common/content/dactyl.js b/common/content/dactyl.js
index e0440bc7..7690f32f 100644
--- a/common/content/dactyl.js
+++ b/common/content/dactyl.js
@@ -818,12 +818,16 @@ const Dactyl = Module("dactyl", {
             function globalVariables() this._globalVariables)
     }),
 
-    loadPlugins: function () {
+    loadPlugins: function (args) {
         function sourceDirectory(dir) {
             dactyl.assert(dir.isReadable(), "E484: Can't open file " + dir.path);
 
             dactyl.log("Sourcing plugin directory: " + dir.path + "...", 3);
+
             let loadplugins = options.get("loadplugins");
+            if (args)
+                loadplugins = { __proto__: loadplugins, value: args.map(Option.parseRegexp) }
+
             dir.readDirectory(true).forEach(function (file) {
                 if (file.isFile() && loadplugins.getKey(file.path) && !(file.path in dactyl.pluginFiles)) {
                     try {
@@ -1786,8 +1790,20 @@ const Dactyl = Module("dactyl", {
 
         commands.add(["loadplugins", "lpl"],
             "Load all plugins immediately",
-            function () { dactyl.loadPlugins(); },
-            { argCount: "0" });
+            function (args) {
+                dactyl.loadPlugins(args.length ? args : null);
+            },
+            {
+                argCount: "*",
+                keepQuotes: true,
+                serialGroup: 10,
+                serialize: function ()  [
+                        {
+                            command: this.name,
+                            literalArg: options["loadplugins"].join(" ")
+                        }
+                ]
+            });
 
         commands.add(["norm[al]"],
             "Execute Normal mode commands",
diff --git a/common/content/events.js b/common/content/events.js
index b84f7463..05d095a0 100644
--- a/common/content/events.js
+++ b/common/content/events.js
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ const Events = Module("events", {
                             dactyl.trapErrors(commandline.onEvent, commandline, event);
                 }
 
-                // Unconsumed events
+                // Reprocess unconsumed events
                 for (let event in values(res.slice(1)))
                     if (!event.skipmap)
                         if (event.originalTarget)
@@ -1056,9 +1056,8 @@ const Events = Module("events", {
             const self = this;
 
             let key = events.toString(event);
-            let inputStr = this.buffer + key;
-            let countStr = inputStr.match(/^[1-9][0-9]*|/)[0];
-            let candidateCommand = inputStr.substr(countStr.length);
+            let [, countStr, candidateCommand] = /^((?:[1-9][0-9]*)?)(.*)/.exec(this.buffer + key);
+
             let map = mappings[event.noremap ? "getDefault" : "get"](this.main, candidateCommand);
 
             function execute(map) {
@@ -1104,9 +1103,8 @@ const Events = Module("events", {
                 if (isNaN(this[count]))
                     this[count] = null;
 
-                this.buffer = "";
                 if (map.arg) {
-                    this.buffer = inputStr;
+                    this.append(event);
                     this.pendingArgMap = map;
                 }
                 else if (this.pendingMotionMap) {
@@ -1114,9 +1112,10 @@ const Events = Module("events", {
                         execute(this.pendingMotionMap, candidateCommand, this.motionCount || this.count, null);
                     return true;
                 }
-                // no count support for these commands yet
-                else if (map.motion)
+                else if (map.motion) {
+                    this.buffer = "";
                     this.pendingMotionMap = map;
+                }
                 else {
                     if (modes.isReplaying && !this.waitForPageLoad())
                         return true;
@@ -1126,8 +1125,8 @@ const Events = Module("events", {
                 }
             }
             else if (mappings.getCandidates(this.main, candidateCommand).length > 0 && !event.skipmap) {
-                this.pendingMap = map;
                 this.append(event);
+                this.pendingMap = map;
             }
             else {
                 this.append(event);
diff --git a/common/content/options.js b/common/content/options.js
index 6bb33ba0..9ce791a3 100644
--- a/common/content/options.js
+++ b/common/content/options.js
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ const Option = Class("Option", {
     },
 
     parseRegexp: function (value, result, flags) {
+        if (isArray(flags)) // Called by map
+            result = flags = undefined;
+
         let [, bang, val] = /^(!?)(.*)/.exec(value);
         let re = RegExp(Option.dequote(val), flags);
         re.bang = bang;
diff --git a/common/locale/en-US/repeat.xml b/common/locale/en-US/repeat.xml
index 4067bb8e..6b2dce26 100644
--- a/common/locale/en-US/repeat.xml
+++ b/common/locale/en-US/repeat.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 <item>
     <tags>:lpl :loadplugins</tags>
     <strut/>
-    <spec>:loadplugins</spec>
+    <spec>:loadplugins <oa>pattern</oa> …</spec>
     <description>
         <p>
             Immediately load all plugins which have yet to be loaded. Because
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@
             newly installed plugins to be easily loaded without restarting
             &dactyl.appName;. See also <o>loadplugins</o>.
         </p>
+        <p>
+            If <oa>pattern</oa>s are provided, the given regular expressions are
+            used as filters rather than those in <o>loadplugins</o>.
+        </p>
     </description>
 </item>