diff --git a/settings.json.example b/settings.json.example
index ad4ef79..697b650 100644
--- a/settings.json.example
+++ b/settings.json.example
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "ignored": ["external", "newusers/create", "newusers/autocreate", "newusers/create2", "newusers/byemail", "newusers/newusers"],
     "show_updown_messages": true,
     "ignored_namespaces": [],
+    "extensions_dir": "extensions",
     "overview": false,
     "overview_time": "00:00",
     "send_empty_overview": false,
diff --git a/src/rcgcdw.py b/src/rcgcdw.py
index c3ee456..e94b85f 100644
--- a/src/rcgcdw.py
+++ b/src/rcgcdw.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # WARNING! SHITTY CODE AHEAD. ENTER ONLY IF YOU ARE SURE YOU CAN TAKE IT
 # You have been warned
 
-import time, logging.config, requests, datetime, math, os.path, schedule, sys, re
+import time, logging.config, requests, datetime, math, os.path, schedule, sys, re, importlib
 
 import src.misc
 from collections import defaultdict, Counter
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ logger.debug("Current settings: {settings}".format(settings=settings))
 def load_extensions():
 	"""Loads all of the extensions, can be a local import because all we need is them to register"""
 	try:
-		import extensions
+		importlib.import_module(settings.get('extensions_dir', 'extensions'), 'extensions')
 	except ImportError:
 		logger.critical("No extensions module found. What's going on?")
 		sys.exit(1)