diff --git a/packages/cactus-cmd-api-server/src/main/typescript/api-server.ts b/packages/cactus-cmd-api-server/src/main/typescript/api-server.ts
index 317386800a..ee478a690f 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-cmd-api-server/src/main/typescript/api-server.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-cmd-api-server/src/main/typescript/api-server.ts
@@ -161,11 +161,16 @@ export class ApiServer {
     const registry = new PluginRegistry({ plugins: [] });
     const { logLevel } = this.options.config;
     this.log.info(`Instantiated empty registry, invoking plugin factories...`);
+
     for (const pluginImport of this.options.config.plugins) {
       const { packageName, options } = pluginImport;
       this.log.info(`Creating plugin from package: ${packageName}`, options);
       const pluginOptions = { ...options, logLevel, pluginRegistry: registry };
-      const { createPluginFactory } = await import(packageName);
+
+      const {
+        createPluginFactory,
+      } = require(/* webpackIgnore: true */ packageName);
+
       const pluginFactory: PluginFactory<
         ICactusPlugin,
         any
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 7a41d4499b..07ec0c3051 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     // "rootDir": "./",                       /* Specify the root directory of input files. Use to control the output directory structure with --outDir. */
     // "composite": true,                     /* Enable project compilation */
     // "tsBuildInfoFile": "./",               /* Specify file to store incremental compilation information */
-    // "removeComments": true,                /* Do not emit comments to output. */
+    "removeComments": false,                /* Do not emit comments to output. */
     // "noEmit": true,                        /* Do not emit outputs. */
     // "importHelpers": true,                 /* Import emit helpers from 'tslib'. */
     // "downlevelIteration": true,            /* Provide full support for iterables in 'for-of', spread, and destructuring when targeting 'ES5' or 'ES3'. */