diff --git a/libr/core/cmd_log.inc.c b/libr/core/cmd_log.inc.c
index 954e33c6e6f8d..e32173748c500 100644
--- a/libr/core/cmd_log.inc.c
+++ b/libr/core/cmd_log.inc.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static RCoreHelpMessage help_msg_L = {
 	"Usage:", "L[acio]", "[-name][ file]",
 	"L",  "", "show this help",
 	"L", " blah."R_LIB_EXT, "load plugin file",
-	"L-", "duk", "unload core plugin by name",
+	"L-", "duk", "unload core plugin by name or file name",
 	"La", "[qj]", "list arch plugins",
 	"LA", "[qj]", "list analysis plugins",
 	"Lb", "[qj]", "list bin plugins",
@@ -623,6 +623,15 @@ static int cmd_plugins(void *data, const char *input) {
 			r_list_foreach (core->rcmd->plist, iter, cp) {
 				pj_o (pj);
 				r_lib_meta_pj (pj, &cp->meta);
+				if (cp->meta.name) {
+					bool found;
+					RLibPlugin *plugin = ht_pp_find (core->lib->plugins_ht, cp->meta.name, &found);
+					if (found && plugin) {
+						if (plugin->file) {
+							pj_ks (pj, "path", plugin->file);
+						}
+					}
+				}
 				pj_end (pj);
 			}
 			pj_end (pj);
diff --git a/libr/core/core.c b/libr/core/core.c
index 2389bdf14e389..ff373e15ee39e 100644
--- a/libr/core/core.c
+++ b/libr/core/core.c
@@ -2855,6 +2855,7 @@ R_API void r_core_fini(RCore *c) {
 	r_list_free (c->watchers);
 	r_list_free (c->scriptstack);
 	r_core_task_scheduler_fini (&c->tasks);
+	r_lib_free (c->lib);
 	c->rcmd = r_cmd_free (c->rcmd);
 	r_list_free (c->cmd_descriptors);
 	/*
@@ -2864,7 +2865,6 @@ R_API void r_core_fini(RCore *c) {
 	if (c->anal->esil) {
 		c->anal->esil->anal = NULL;
 	}
-	r_lib_free (c->lib);
 	r_anal_free (c->anal);
 	r_asm_free (c->rasm);
 	c->rasm = NULL;
diff --git a/libr/core/libs.c b/libr/core/libs.c
index 2f12fb545d8e4..432ac5e68d66f 100644
--- a/libr/core/libs.c
+++ b/libr/core/libs.c
@@ -3,34 +3,38 @@
 #include "r_core.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
-#define CB(x, y)\
-	static int __lib_ ## x ## _cb (RLibPlugin * pl, void *user, void *data) {\
-		struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *hand = (struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *)data;\
-		RCore *core = (RCore *) user;\
+#define CB(x, y) \
+	static int __lib_ ## x ## _cb (RLibPlugin *pl, void *user, void *data) { \
+		struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *hand = (struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *)data; \
+		RCore *core = (RCore *)user; \
 		pl->free = NULL; \
-		r_ ## x ## _plugin_add (core->y, hand);\
-		return true;\
-	}\
-	static int __lib_ ## x ## _dt (RLibPlugin * pl, void *user, void *data) { \
+		pl->name = strdup (hand->meta.name); \
+		r_ ## x ## _plugin_add (core->y, hand); \
+		return true; \
+	} \
+	static int __lib_ ## x ## _dt (RLibPlugin *pl, void *user, void *data) { \
 		struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *hand = (struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *)data; \
-		RCore *core = (RCore *) user; \
+		RCore *core = (RCore *)user; \
+		free (pl->name); \
 		return r_ ## x ## _plugin_remove (core->y, hand); \
 	}
 
 // TODO: deprecate this
-#define CB_COPY(x, y)\
-	static int __lib_ ## x ## _cb (RLibPlugin * pl, void *user, void *data) {\
-		struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *hand = (struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *)data;\
-		struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *instance;\
-		RCore *core = (RCore *) user;\
-		instance = R_NEW (struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t);\
-		memcpy (instance, hand, sizeof (struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t));\
-		r_ ## x ## _plugin_add (core->y, instance);\
-		return true;\
-	}\
+#define CB_COPY(x, y) \
+	static int __lib_ ## x ## _cb (RLibPlugin *pl, void *user, void *data) { \
+		struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *hand = (struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *)data; \
+		struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *instance; \
+		RCore *core = (RCore *)user; \
+		instance = R_NEW (struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t); \
+		memcpy (instance, hand, sizeof (struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t)); \
+		pl->name = strdup (hand->meta.name); \
+		r_ ## x ## _plugin_add (core->y, instance); \
+		return true; \
+	} \
 	static int __lib_ ## x ## _dt (RLibPlugin *pl, void *user, void *data) { \
 		struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *hand = (struct r_ ## x ## _plugin_t *)data; \
-		RCore *core = (RCore *) user; \
+		RCore *core = (RCore *)user; \
+		free (pl->name); \
 		return r_ ## x ## _plugin_remove (core->y, hand); \
 	}
 
diff --git a/libr/include/r_lib.h b/libr/include/r_lib.h
index f3315f6addf3e..524c88b2dfb73 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_lib.h
+++ b/libr/include/r_lib.h
@@ -62,9 +62,7 @@ typedef struct r_lib_plugin_t {
 	struct r_lib_handler_t *handler;
 	void *dl_handler; // DL HANDLER
 	void (*free)(void *data);
-#if 0
-	RPluginMeta meta;
-#endif
+	char *name; // From the RPluginMeta's name
 } RLibPlugin;
 
 /* store list of initialized plugin handlers */
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ enum {
 	R_LIB_TYPE_LAST
 };
 
-typedef int (*RLibLifeCycleCallback)(RLibPlugin *, void *, void *);
 
 typedef struct r_lib_t {
 	/* linked list with all the plugin handler */
diff --git a/libr/util/lib.c b/libr/util/lib.c
index 1feefdd845282..36b84b9395ecd 100644
--- a/libr/util/lib.c
+++ b/libr/util/lib.c
@@ -216,25 +216,40 @@ R_API RLibHandler *r_lib_get_handler(RLib *lib, int type) {
 	return lib->handlers_bytype[type];
 }
 
+static int delete_plugin(RLib *lib, RLibPlugin *plugin) {
+
+	int ret = -1;
+	bool found;
+	ht_pp_find (lib->plugins_ht, plugin->name, &found);
+	if (found) {
+		ht_pp_delete (lib->plugins_ht, plugin->name);
+	}
+
+	if (plugin->handler && plugin->handler->destructor) {
+		// some plugins will return true here for sucess
+		ret = plugin->handler->destructor (plugin, plugin->handler->user, plugin->data);
+	}
+
+	if (plugin->free) {
+		plugin->free (plugin->data);
+	}
+
+	free (plugin->file);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 R_API int r_lib_close(RLib *lib, const char *file) {
 	RLibPlugin *p;
 	RListIter *iter, *iter2;
 
 	r_list_foreach_safe (lib->plugins, iter, iter2, p) {
-		if ((!file || !strcmp (file, p->file))) {
+		if ((!file || !strcmp (file, p->file) || !strcmp (file, p->name))) {
 			int ret = 0;
-			if (p->handler && p->handler->destructor) {
-				ret = p->handler->destructor (p, p->handler->user, p->data);
-			}
-			if (p->free) {
-				p->free (p->data);
-			}
-			free (p->file);
+			ret = delete_plugin (lib, p);
 			r_list_delete (lib->plugins, iter);
 			if (file) {
 				return ret;
 			}
-			break;
 		}
 	}
 	if (!file) {
@@ -245,31 +260,21 @@ R_API int r_lib_close(RLib *lib, const char *file) {
 		R_LOG_DEBUG ("similar p->file: %s", p->file);
 		if (strstr (p->file, file)) {
 			int ret = 0;
-			if (p->handler && p->handler->destructor) {
-				ret = p->handler->destructor (p,
-					p->handler->user, p->data);
-			}
 			R_LOG_DEBUG ("similar deleting: %s", p->file);
-			free (p->file);
+			ret = delete_plugin (lib, p);
 			r_list_delete (lib->plugins, iter);
-			{
-				const char *file_name = r_str_rstr (file, R_SYS_DIR);
-				if (file_name) {
-					ht_pp_delete (lib->plugins_ht, file_name + 1);
-				}
-			}
 			return ret;
 		}
 	}
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static bool already_loaded(RLib *lib, const char *file) {
-	const char *fileName = r_str_rstr (file, R_SYS_DIR);
-	if (fileName) {
+static bool already_loaded(RLib *lib, const char *name) {
+	if (name) {
 		bool found;
-		RLibPlugin *p = ht_pp_find (lib->plugins_ht, fileName + 1, &found);
+		RLibPlugin *p = ht_pp_find (lib->plugins_ht, name, &found);
 		if (found && p) {
+			R_LOG_ERROR ("Not loading library because it has already been loaded from '%s'", p->file);
 			return true;
 		}
 	}
@@ -283,32 +288,33 @@ R_API int r_lib_open(RLib *lib, const char *file) {
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (already_loaded (lib, file)) {
-		R_LOG_ERROR ("Not loading library because it has already been loaded from '%s'", file);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	void *handler = r_lib_dl_open (file);
-	if (!handler) {
+	void *handle = r_lib_dl_open (file);
+	if (!handle) {
 		R_LOG_DEBUG ("Cannot open library: '%s'", file);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	RLibStructFunc strf = (RLibStructFunc) r_lib_dl_sym (handler, lib->symnamefunc);
+	RLibStructFunc strf = (RLibStructFunc)r_lib_dl_sym (handle, lib->symnamefunc);
 	RLibStruct *stru = NULL;
 	if (strf) {
 		stru = strf ();
 	}
 	if (!stru) {
-		stru = (RLibStruct *) r_lib_dl_sym (handler, lib->symname);
+		stru = (RLibStruct *)r_lib_dl_sym (handle, lib->symname);
 	}
 	if (!stru) {
 		R_LOG_DEBUG ("Cannot find symbol '%s' in library '%s'", lib->symname, file);
-		r_lib_dl_close (handler);
+		r_lib_dl_close (handle);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	int res = r_lib_open_ptr (lib, file, handler, stru);
+	RPluginMeta *meta = (RPluginMeta *)(stru->data);
+	if (already_loaded (lib, meta->name)) {
+		r_lib_dl_close (handle);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	int res = r_lib_open_ptr (lib, file, handle, stru);
 	if (strf) {
 		free (stru);
 	}
@@ -327,7 +333,7 @@ char *major_minor(const char *s) {
 	return a;
 }
 
-R_API int r_lib_open_ptr(RLib *lib, const char *file, void *handler, RLibStruct *stru) {
+R_API int r_lib_open_ptr(RLib *lib, const char *file, void *handle, RLibStruct *stru) {
 	R_RETURN_VAL_IF_FAIL (lib && file && stru, -1);
 	if (stru->version && !lib->ignore_version) {
 		char *mm0 = major_minor (stru->version);
@@ -356,7 +362,7 @@ R_API int r_lib_open_ptr(RLib *lib, const char *file, void *handler, RLibStruct
 	p->type = stru->type;
 	p->data = stru->data;
 	p->file = strdup (file);
-	p->dl_handler = handler;
+	p->dl_handler = handle;
 	p->handler = r_lib_get_handler (lib, p->type);
 	p->free = stru->free;
 
@@ -365,13 +371,15 @@ R_API int r_lib_open_ptr(RLib *lib, const char *file, void *handler, RLibStruct
 	if (ret == -1) {
 		R_LOG_DEBUG ("Library handler has failed for '%s'", file);
 		free (p->file);
+		if (p->name) {
+			free (p->name);
+		}
 		free (p);
-		r_lib_dl_close (handler);
+		r_lib_dl_close (handle);
 	} else {
 		r_list_append (lib->plugins, p);
-		const char *fileName = r_str_rstr (file, R_SYS_DIR);
-		if (fileName) {
-			ht_pp_insert (lib->plugins_ht, strdup (fileName + 1), p);
+		if (p->name) {
+			ht_pp_insert (lib->plugins_ht, strdup (p->name), p);
 		}
 	}
 	return ret;
@@ -447,7 +455,7 @@ R_API bool r_lib_opendir(RLib *lib, const char *path) {
 	return true;
 }
 
-#define LibCB RLibLifeCycleCallback
+#define LibCB RLibCallback
 R_API bool r_lib_add_handler(RLib *lib, int type, const char *desc, LibCB cb, LibCB dt, void *user) {
 	R_RETURN_VAL_IF_FAIL (lib && desc, false);
 	// TODO r2_590 resolve using lib->handlers_ht