diff --git a/packages/kilo-jetbrains/backend/src/main/kotlin/ai/kilocode/backend/cli/KiloBackendCliManager.kt b/packages/kilo-jetbrains/backend/src/main/kotlin/ai/kilocode/backend/cli/KiloBackendCliManager.kt
index 2cc443d8d8..564d342590 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-jetbrains/backend/src/main/kotlin/ai/kilocode/backend/cli/KiloBackendCliManager.kt
+++ b/packages/kilo-jetbrains/backend/src/main/kotlin/ai/kilocode/backend/cli/KiloBackendCliManager.kt
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ class KiloBackendCliManager(
             install(proc)
 
             val stderr = StringBuilder()
-            val stdout = StringBuilder()
 
             Thread({
                 BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(proc.errorStream)).use { reader ->
@@ -204,7 +203,6 @@ class KiloBackendCliManager(
             BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(proc.inputStream)).use { reader ->
                 for (line in reader.lineSequence()) {
                     log.info("CLI stdout: $line")
-                    synchronized(stdout) { stdout.appendLine(line) }
                     val match = PORT_REGEX.find(line)
                     if (match != null) {
                         val p = match.groupValues[1].toInt()
diff --git a/packages/kilo-jetbrains/shared/src/main/kotlin/ai/kilocode/KiloPlugin.kt b/packages/kilo-jetbrains/shared/src/main/kotlin/ai/kilocode/KiloPlugin.kt
index 851c7a811d..5dfd3f5ee6 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-jetbrains/shared/src/main/kotlin/ai/kilocode/KiloPlugin.kt
+++ b/packages/kilo-jetbrains/shared/src/main/kotlin/ai/kilocode/KiloPlugin.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package ai.kilocode
 
-import com.intellij.ide.plugins.cl.PluginAwareClassLoader
+import com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManagerCore
 import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.PluginDescriptor
 import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.PluginId
 
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@ object KiloPlugin {
 
     val id: PluginId = PluginId.getId(ID)
 
-    fun descriptor(): PluginDescriptor? {
-        val loader = KiloPlugin::class.java.classLoader as? PluginAwareClassLoader ?: return null
-        val descriptor = loader.pluginDescriptor
-        if (descriptor.pluginId != id) return null
-        return descriptor
-    }
+    fun descriptor(): PluginDescriptor? = PluginManagerCore.getPlugin(id)
 
     fun version() = descriptor()?.version