diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
index 52c194e04a..7502e3541e 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app.js
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ Please make a backup of your contracts and start using http://remix.ethereum.org
   await appManager.activatePlugin(['contentImport', 'theme', 'editor', 'fileManager', 'compilerMetadata', 'compilerArtefacts', 'network', 'web3Provider', 'offsetToLineColumnConverter'])
   await appManager.activatePlugin(['mainPanel', 'menuicons'])
   await appManager.activatePlugin(['sidePanel']) // activating  host plugin separately
-  await appManager.activatePlugin(['home', 'hiddenPanel', 'pluginManager', 'fileExplorers', 'settings', 'contextualListener', 'terminal', 'fetchAndCompile'])
+  await appManager.activatePlugin(['home'])
+  await appManager.activatePlugin(['hiddenPanel', 'pluginManager', 'fileExplorers', 'settings', 'contextualListener', 'terminal', 'fetchAndCompile'])
 
   const queryParams = new QueryParams()
   const params = queryParams.get()
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.js
index 32d4ed96c4..6f971f3331 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.js
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ class FileManager extends Plugin {
     this.init()
   }
 
+  getOpenedFiles () {
+    return this.openedFiles
+  }
+
   setMode (mode) {
     this.mode = mode
   }