making my plugin persist

Hi,
Love the program, really good job to all. I have been writing my own plugin so that I can add widgets for sensors existing in my house in addition to my pc (solar panel output, pool chemistry, etc). It was very easy to do and your documentation is very helpful and clear. My only problem is my custom plugin goes away each time mobro restarts. I have been using the mobro CLI to install the plugin (mobro install .), which seems to be temporary. How do I make my plugin permanent? I assume publishing it in the marketplace would do that, but it really is only of use to me.
One other small quibble is that when I install the plugin, it doesn't show up in the mobro plugins area until I change something - in my case I disable and enable one of my other plugins, then my custom plugin shows up. Not a big deal, just curious if I am doing something wrong.
thanks!