diff --git a/lib/content-types.js b/lib/content-types.js
index 9af5a14..16e0cb4 100644
--- a/lib/content-types.js
+++ b/lib/content-types.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const _ = require('lodash');
 const loader = require('./content-types/load');
 const merge = require('./content-types/merge');
 const only = require('./content-types/only');
-const util = require('./util');
+const utils = require('./utils');
 
 /**
  * Get single Content Type
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const util = require('./util');
  * @returns {object} content type object
  */
 const findCT = (id, types) => {
-  const ct = util.singleItem('id', id, types);
+  const ct = utils.singleItem('id', id, types);
 
   if (ct === false) {
     throw new Error(`Content type ${id} not found `);
diff --git a/lib/content-types/load.js b/lib/content-types/load.js
index b5c4bc9..cd3d370 100644
--- a/lib/content-types/load.js
+++ b/lib/content-types/load.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const yaml = require('js-yaml');
 const slugify = require('lodash/kebabCase');
 const globalConfig = require('config');
 const path = require('path');
-const util = require('../util');
+const utils = require('../utils');
 
 
 /**
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ const names = types => {
  * @returns {array} array of content type's attribute objects
  */
 const attributes = (id, types) => {
-  const filtered = util.singleItem('id', id, types);
+  const filtered = utils.singleItem('id', id, types);
 
   return filtered ? filtered[0].attributes : false;
 };
diff --git a/lib/content-types/merge.js b/lib/content-types/merge.js
index b573b03..0385660 100644
--- a/lib/content-types/merge.js
+++ b/lib/content-types/merge.js
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ const configPlugins = {};
  *
  * {Object} - [Plugabilly](https://github.com/Snugug/plugabilly) object
  */
-if (globalConfig.hasOwnProperty('content')) {
-  if (globalConfig.content.hasOwnProperty('plugins')) {
-    configPlugins.search = globalConfig.content.plugins.directory;
-  }
+configPlugins.search = _.get(globalConfig, 'content.plugins.directory', []);
+if (typeof configPlugins.search === 'string') {
+  configPlugins.search = [configPlugins.search];
 }
-const plugins = plugabilly(configPlugins).name().containsSync('input-plugin-');
+const plugins = plugabilly(_.cloneDeep(configPlugins)).name().containsSync('input-plugin-');
 
 /*
  * Determine required level
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ const squish = (types) => {
     if (!Array.isArray(types)) {
       reject(new Error('Content types must be an array'));
     }
-
     const configured = types.map(type => {
       const mergedType = type;
       const ids = [];
diff --git a/lib/content-types/only.js b/lib/content-types/only.js
index c370515..f16b860 100644
--- a/lib/content-types/only.js
+++ b/lib/content-types/only.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const merge = require('deepmerge');
-const util = require('../util');
+const utils = require('../utils');
 
 const only = (type, config) => {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ const only = (type, config) => {
           inputs.forEach(input => {
             instance[input].validation = attribute.inputs[0][input].validation;
             instance[input].type = attribute.inputs[0][input].type;
-            instance[input].id = `${util.splitPop(attribute.inputs[0][input].id, '--')}--${index}`;
-            instance[input].name = `${util.splitPop(attribute.inputs[0][input].name, '--')}--${index}`;
+            instance[input].id = `${utils.splitPop(attribute.inputs[0][input].id, '--')}--${index}`;
+            instance[input].name = `${utils.splitPop(attribute.inputs[0][input].name, '--')}--${index}`;
           });
 
           return instance;
diff --git a/lib/form/scripts.js b/lib/form/scripts.js
index 07cc2ae..2ccd90b 100644
--- a/lib/form/scripts.js
+++ b/lib/form/scripts.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const stream = require('stream');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const _ = require('lodash');
+const utils = require('../utils');
 const globalConfig = require('config');
 const formJS = fs.readdirSync(path.join(__dirname, 'js')).map(script => {
   return fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'js', script));
@@ -20,19 +21,11 @@ const rendered = (type) => {
     const allSettings = {};
     const allRepeatables = {};
     const inputs = {};
-    const dir = _.get(globalConfig, 'content.plugins.directory', []);
     const ids = {};
     let plugins = type.attributes.map(plugin => {
       return plugin.type;
     });
-    const existingPlugins = {};
-    dir.forEach((directory) => {
-      fs.readdirSync(directory).forEach((file) => {
-        if (file.indexOf('input-plugin') >= 0 && !existingPlugins.hasOwnProperty(file)) {
-          existingPlugins[file] = path.join(directory, file);
-        }
-      });
-    });
+    const existing = utils.getPlugins(globalConfig);
 
     plugins = plugins.filter((item, pos, self) => {
       return self.indexOf(item) === pos;
@@ -40,9 +33,9 @@ const rendered = (type) => {
 
     plugins.forEach(plugin => {
       // Require Plugins for Browserify
-      if (existingPlugins.hasOwnProperty(`input-plugin-${plugin}`)) {
-        b.require(existingPlugins[`input-plugin-${plugin}`]);
-        allPlugins[plugin] = existingPlugins[`input-plugin-${plugin}`];
+      if (existing.hasOwnProperty(`input-plugin-${plugin}`)) {
+        b.require(existing[`input-plugin-${plugin}`]);
+        allPlugins[plugin] = existing[`input-plugin-${plugin}`];
       }
     });
     const resolvedPlugins = [];
diff --git a/lib/form/validate.js b/lib/form/validate.js
index 02c1ae6..1c17954 100644
--- a/lib/form/validate.js
+++ b/lib/form/validate.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const util = require('../util');
+const utils = require('../utils');
 
 /*
  * @typedef FormInputValues
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ const validate = (raw, type) => {
   const values = buildValues(working);
   working = working.map(value => {
     const result = value;
-    const plugin = util.singleItem('id', value.plugin, type.attributes);
+    const plugin = utils.singleItem('id', value.plugin, type.attributes);
     const input = {};
     const settings = {};
 
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/utils.js
similarity index 55%
rename from lib/util.js
rename to lib/utils.js
index 63628c5..c1df878 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const util = require('util');
+const exec = require('child_process').execSync;
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const _ = require('lodash');
 
 /**
  * Filters an array of objects based on the value of a key in the objects
@@ -48,6 +52,45 @@ exports.splitPop = (input, splitter) => {
   return blocks;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Gets plugins from node_modules and other directories
+ *
+ * @param {object} globalConfig - Configuration object
+ *
+ * @returns {object} - all input plugins with path
+ */
+exports.getPlugins = (globalConfig) => {
+  const existing = {};
+  const root = exec('npm root').toString().trim();
+  let dir = _.get(globalConfig, 'content.plugins.directory', []);
+
+  // Check if configuration is set to string
+  if (typeof dir === 'string') {
+    dir = [dir];
+  }
+
+  // Adds path of node_modules to directory
+  if (!Array.isArray(dir)) {
+    dir = [root];
+  }
+
+  // Checks if path to node_modules exists
+  else if (dir.indexOf(root) === -1) {
+    dir.push(root);
+  }
+
+  // Adds path of input-plugins to existing
+  dir.forEach((directory) => {
+    fs.readdirSync(directory).forEach((file) => {
+      if (file.indexOf('input-plugin') >= 0 && !existing.hasOwnProperty(file)) {
+        existing[file] = path.join(directory, file);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  return existing;
+};
+
 /**
  * Pretty prints big objects
  *
diff --git a/tests/config/default.js b/tests/config/default.js
index a12f2ca..a0f05e5 100644
--- a/tests/config/default.js
+++ b/tests/config/default.js
@@ -4,8 +4,5 @@ const path = require('path');
 module.exports = {
   content: {
     directory: './fixtures/content-types',
-    plugins: {
-      directory: [],
-    }
   }
 };
diff --git a/tests/utils.js b/tests/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4f1760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import test from 'ava';
+import utils from '../lib/utils.js';
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import path from 'path';
+
+test('Getplugins works with directory value as string', t => {
+  const input = {};
+  _.set(input, 'content.plugins.directory', path.join(process.cwd(), 'fixtures'));
+  t.is(typeof utils.getPlugins(input), 'object');
+});
+
+test('Getplugins works with directory value as boolean', t => {
+  const input = {};
+  _.set(input, 'content.plugins.directory', true);
+  t.is(typeof utils.getPlugins(input), 'object');
+});
+
+test('Getplugins works with directory value as undefined', t => {
+  const input = {};
+  t.is(typeof utils.getPlugins(input), 'object');
+});