diff --git a/packages/case-core-plugin-http/src/index.ts b/packages/case-core-plugin-http/src/index.ts
index 5ed48a72..480e78df 100644
--- a/packages/case-core-plugin-http/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/case-core-plugin-http/src/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ import {
   MOCK_HTTP_SERVER,
   URL_ENCODED_STRING_TYPE,
 } from '@contract-case/case-core-plugin-http-dsl';
-import { ContractCasePlugin } from '@contract-case/case-plugin-base';
+import {
+  CORE_PLUGIN_PREFIX,
+  ContractCasePlugin,
+} from '@contract-case/case-plugin-base';
 import {
   HttpBasicAuthMatcher,
   HttpRequestMatcher,
@@ -39,7 +42,10 @@ const CoreHttpPlugin: ContractCasePlugin<
   AllHttpMockDescriptors,
   AllHttpMockSetupInfo
 > = {
-  name: `_CaseCore: Http / Rest Plugin`,
+  // Note: If using this code as an example for your own plugin,
+  // DO NOT start your plugin name with the core plugin prefix
+  // or ContractCase will not log debug information / load failures appropriately
+  name: `${CORE_PLUGIN_PREFIX} Http / Rest Plugin`,
   version: pluginVersion,
   matcherExecutors: {
     [HTTP_BASIC_AUTH_TYPE]: HttpBasicAuthMatcher,
diff --git a/packages/case-core/src/diffmatch/plugins/loadPlugin.ts b/packages/case-core/src/diffmatch/plugins/loadPlugin.ts
index 8ac63be9..f39a4483 100644
--- a/packages/case-core/src/diffmatch/plugins/loadPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/case-core/src/diffmatch/plugins/loadPlugin.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   IsCaseNodeForType,
   LogContext,
   MockExecutorFn,
+  CORE_PLUGIN_PREFIX,
 } from '@contract-case/case-plugin-base';
 
 import { caseVersion } from '../../entities/caseVersion';
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export const loadPlugin = <
   if (loadedPluginVersions[plugin.name] != null) {
     if (plugin.version !== loadedPluginVersions[plugin.name]) {
       if (
-        plugin.name.startsWith(`_CaseCore:`) &&
+        plugin.name.startsWith(CORE_PLUGIN_PREFIX) &&
         plugin.version !== caseVersion
       ) {
         throw new CaseCoreError(
@@ -40,15 +41,15 @@ export const loadPlugin = <
       );
     }
     context.logger.deepMaintainerDebug(
-      `Plugin '${plugin.name}' at version '${plugin.version}' has been previously loaded, skipping load of mock executors`,
+      `Plugin '${plugin.name}' at version '${plugin.version}' has been previously loaded, skipping`,
     );
     return;
   }
-  if (plugin.name.startsWith(`_CaseCore:`)) {
+  if (plugin.name.startsWith(CORE_PLUGIN_PREFIX)) {
     context.logger.deepMaintainerDebug(`Loading core plugin '${plugin.name}'`);
   } else {
     context.logger.debug(
-      `Loading mock definitions for plugin '${plugin.name}' version ${plugin.version}`,
+      `Loading plugin '${plugin.name}' version ${plugin.version}`,
     );
   }
 
@@ -77,8 +78,8 @@ export const loadPlugin = <
       unknown,
       '_case:MockHttpServer'
     >;
-
     typeToPluginName[mockType] = plugin.name;
-    loadedPluginVersions[plugin.name] = plugin.version;
   });
+
+  loadedPluginVersions[plugin.name] = plugin.version;
 };
diff --git a/packages/case-plugin-base/src/corePlugins.ts b/packages/case-plugin-base/src/corePlugins.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6371068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/case-plugin-base/src/corePlugins.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * DO NOT USE THIS IN YOUR OWN PLUGINS
+ *
+ * The prefix for ContractCase core plugin names. Plugin names with
+ * this prefix are treated as always loaded, log less debug information,
+ * and any errors in loading are treated as core crashes rather than user
+ * configuration errors.
+ *
+ * Other than the way logs and load failures are treated, there's no special
+ * treatment given to core plugins,
+ */
+export const CORE_PLUGIN_PREFIX = '_CaseCore:' as const;
diff --git a/packages/case-plugin-base/src/index.ts b/packages/case-plugin-base/src/index.ts
index 8e635b0a..0a20eb0b 100644
--- a/packages/case-plugin-base/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/case-plugin-base/src/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 export * from './context';
 // export * from './core';
+export * from './corePlugins';
 export * from './errors';
 export * from './logger';
 export * from './matchers';