diff --git a/src/defaults.c b/src/defaults.c
index 81853612..35eec188 100644
--- a/src/defaults.c
+++ b/src/defaults.c
@@ -2032,12 +2032,9 @@ getTextRenderer(WScreen *scr, WDefaultEntry *entry, proplist_t value,
         wPluginDestroyFunction(scr->drawstring_func[changed = W_STRING_MTEXT]);
         scr->drawstring_func[W_STRING_MTEXT] = NULL;
     }
-    if (PLIsString(value)) { 
-        return getColor(scr,entry,value,addr,ret);
-    }
 
     if (PLIsArray(value)) {
-        if ((argc = PLGetNumberOfElements(value)) < 3) return False;
+        if ((argc = PLGetNumberOfElements(value)) < 4) return False;
         argc -= 2;
         argv = (char **)wmalloc(argc * sizeof(char *));
 
@@ -2051,20 +2048,14 @@ getTextRenderer(WScreen *scr, WDefaultEntry *entry, proplist_t value,
             elem = PLGetArrayElement(value, 2); /* function name */
             if (!elem || !PLIsString(elem)) return False;
             func = PLGetString(elem);
-            scr->drawstring_func[changed] = wPluginCreateFunction (W_FUNCTION_DRAWSTRING, lib, NULL, func, NULL, value, NULL);
-
-            if (scr->drawstring_func[changed]) {
-                void (*initFunc) (Display *, Colormap);
-                initFunc = dlsym(scr->drawstring_func[changed]->handle, "initWindowMaker");
-                if (initFunc) {
-                    initFunc(dpy, scr->w_colormap);
-                } else {
-                    wwarning(_("could not initialize library %s"), lib);
-                }
-            } else {
-                wwarning(_("could not find function %s::%s"), lib, func);
-            }
+            scr->drawstring_func[changed] = wPluginCreateFunction (W_FUNCTION_DRAWSTRING,
+                    lib, "initDrawString", func, NULL, value,
+                    wPluginPackInitData(3, dpy, scr->w_colormap,"-DATA-"));
         }
+
+        return getColor(scr, entry, PLGetArrayElement(value,3), addr, ret);
+    } else if (PLIsString(value)) {
+        return getColor(scr, entry, value, addr, ret);
     }
 }
 #endif /* DRAWSTRING_PLUGIN */
@@ -2678,6 +2669,9 @@ setMenuTitleColor(WScreen *scr, WDefaultEntry *entry, XColor *color, long index)
 {
     if (scr->menu_title_pixel[0]!=scr->white_pixel &&
 	scr->menu_title_pixel[0]!=scr->black_pixel) {
+#ifdef DRAWSTRING_PLUGIN
+        if(!scr->drawstring_func[W_STRING_MTITLE])
+#endif
 	wFreeColor(scr, scr->menu_title_pixel[0]);
     }
     
diff --git a/src/framewin.c b/src/framewin.c
index e4771bb3..e3ef3380 100644
--- a/src/framewin.c
+++ b/src/framewin.c
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ wFrameWindowPaint(WFrameWindow *fwin)
 #ifdef DRAWSTRING_PLUGIN
     if (scr->drawstring_func[fwin->flags.state + fwin->drawstring_proc_offset]) {
         scr->drawstring_func[fwin->flags.state + fwin->drawstring_proc_offset]->
-            proc.drawString(dpy, scr->drawstring_func[fwin->flags.state 
+            proc.drawString(scr->drawstring_func[fwin->flags.state 
                     + fwin->drawstring_proc_offset]->arg,
                     fwin->titlebar->window, *fwin->title_gc,
                     *fwin->font, x, TITLEBAR_EXTRA_HEIGHT/2,
diff --git a/src/plugin.c b/src/plugin.c
index 04d26150..0875b05d 100644
--- a/src/plugin.c
+++ b/src/plugin.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 #include "plugin.h"
 
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
 #ifdef TEXTURE_PLUGIN
 # ifdef HAVE_DLFCN_H
 #  include <dlfcn.h>
@@ -34,6 +36,23 @@
 
 #include <proplist.h>
 
+
+void** wPluginPackInitData(int members, ...) {
+    void **p;
+    va_list vp;
+    int i;
+    p = wmalloc(sizeof(void *) * (members + 1));
+    bzero(p, sizeof(void *) * (members + 1));
+    va_start(vp, members);
+    for(i=0;i<members;i++) {
+        p[i] = va_arg(vp, void *);
+        printf(" %d > %d\n",i,p[i]);
+    }
+        printf(" s> %s\n",p[2]);
+    va_end(vp);
+    return p;
+}
+
 WFunction *
 wPluginCreateFunction(int type, char *library_name,
         char *init_proc_name, char *proc_name, char *free_data_proc_name,
@@ -63,9 +82,11 @@ wPluginCreateFunction(int type, char *library_name,
         function->freeData = dlsym(function->handle, free_data_proc_name);
         if (!function->freeData) {
             wwarning(_("function \"%s\" not found in library \"%s\""), free_data_proc_name, library_name);
+            /*
             dlclose(function->handle);
             free(function);
             return NULL;
+            */
         }
     }
 
@@ -74,13 +95,11 @@ wPluginCreateFunction(int type, char *library_name,
     if (init_proc_name) {
         initProc = dlsym(function->handle, init_proc_name);
         if (initProc) {
-            initProc(function->arg, &function->data);
+            initProc(function->arg, function->data);
         } else {
             /* Where's my english teacher? -- ]d
-            wwarning(_("?"),?);
+            wwarning(_("ignore?"),?);
             */
-            dlclose(function->handle);
-            free(function);
         }
     }
 
@@ -103,5 +122,3 @@ wPluginDestroyFunction(WFunction *function) {
     return;
 }
 
-/* hmmmm, need another function to pack a va_list 
- * but better move on something else for now :D */
diff --git a/src/plugin.h b/src/plugin.h
index 6e316a84..b6dae22b 100644
--- a/src/plugin.h
+++ b/src/plugin.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ typedef void _DL_AnyProc(proplist_t);
 #define W_STRING_MTEXT  4
 #define W_STRING_MEMBERS 5
 
-typedef void _DL_DrawStringProc(Display *, proplist_t, Drawable, GC, WMFont *, int, int, unsigned, unsigned, char *, int);
+typedef void _DL_DrawStringProc(proplist_t, Drawable, GC, WMFont *, int, int, unsigned, unsigned, char *, int);
 #endif
 
 typedef void _DL_FreeDataProc(void *free_me);
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ typedef struct _WFunction {
  * for each instance of function in each WFunction) to the initializing
  * code for drawstring function... may be I can change this to a variable
  * packer function? or use va_list? I dunno...
+ *
  * --]d
  */
 
@@ -94,8 +95,6 @@ WFunction* wPluginCreateFunction(int type, char *library_name,
 
 void wPluginDestroyFunction(WFunction *function);
 
-/*
-void* wPluginPackInitData(ansi_boy_wanna_pack_his_toy, ...);
-*/
+void** wPluginPackInitData(int members, ...);
 
 #endif