diff --git a/maubot/client.py b/maubot/client.py
index 9f4fcc8..dee1d8c 100644
--- a/maubot/client.py
+++ b/maubot/client.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ log = logging.getLogger("maubot.client")
 
 
 class Client:
-    log: logging.Logger
-    loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop
+    log: logging.Logger = None
+    loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop = None
     cache: Dict[UserID, 'Client'] = {}
     http_client: ClientSession = None
 
diff --git a/maubot/instance.py b/maubot/instance.py
index 83bb85c..924bf5a 100644
--- a/maubot/instance.py
+++ b/maubot/instance.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from ruamel.yaml.comments import CommentedMap
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
+from asyncio import AbstractEventLoop
 import logging
 import io
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ yaml.indent(4)
 class PluginInstance:
     db: Session = None
     mb_config: Config = None
+    loop: AbstractEventLoop = None
     cache: Dict[str, 'PluginInstance'] = {}
     plugin_directories: List[str] = []
 
@@ -109,8 +111,8 @@ class PluginInstance:
             except (FileNotFoundError, KeyError):
                 base_file = None
             self.config = config_class(self.load_config, lambda: base_file, self.save_config)
-        self.plugin = cls(self.client.client, self.id, self.log, self.config,
-                          self.mb_config["plugin_directories.db"])
+        self.plugin = cls(self.client.client, self.loop, self.client.http_client, self.id,
+                          self.log, self.config, self.mb_config["plugin_directories.db"])
         try:
             await self.plugin.start()
         except Exception:
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ class PluginInstance:
     # endregion
 
 
-def init(db: Session, config: Config):
+def init(db: Session, config: Config, loop: AbstractEventLoop):
     PluginInstance.db = db
     PluginInstance.mb_config = config
+    PluginInstance.loop = loop
diff --git a/maubot/plugin_base.py b/maubot/plugin_base.py
index 18620c6..9b394f1 100644
--- a/maubot/plugin_base.py
+++ b/maubot/plugin_base.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 from typing import Type, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING
 from logging import Logger
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from asyncio import AbstractEventLoop
+from aiohttp import ClientSession
 import os.path
 
 from sqlalchemy.engine.base import Engine
@@ -34,11 +36,15 @@ class Plugin(ABC):
     client: 'MaubotMatrixClient'
     id: str
     log: Logger
+    loop: AbstractEventLoop
     config: Optional['BaseProxyConfig']
 
-    def __init__(self, client: 'MaubotMatrixClient', plugin_instance_id: str, log: Logger,
-                 config: Optional['BaseProxyConfig'], db_base_path: str) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, client: 'MaubotMatrixClient', loop: AbstractEventLoop, http: ClientSession,
+                 plugin_instance_id: str, log: Logger, config: Optional['BaseProxyConfig'],
+                 db_base_path: str) -> None:
         self.client = client
+        self.loop = loop
+        self.http = http
         self.id = plugin_instance_id
         self.log = log
         self.config = config