diff --git a/TagNormalizerPlugin/src/net/nydick/opentsdb/plugin/normalizer/TagNormalizerPlugin.java b/TagNormalizerPlugin/src/net/nydick/opentsdb/plugin/normalizer/TagNormalizerPlugin.java
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+package net.nydick.opentsdb.plugin.normalizer;
+
+import net.opentsdb.core.TSDB;
+import net.opentsdb.normalize.NormalizePlugin;
+import net.opentsdb.stats.StatsCollector;
+import net.opentsdb.utils.PluginConfig;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class TagNormalizerPlugin extends NormalizePlugin {
+
+
+    public TagNormalizerPlugin(PluginConfig pluginConfig) {
+        super(pluginConfig);
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(TSDB tsdb) {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public com.stumbleupon.async.Deferred<Object> shutdown() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String version() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void collectStats(StatsCollector collector) {
+
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, String> cleanTags(Map<String, String> dirtytags) {
+        HashMap<String, String> tags = new HashMap<>(dirtytags.size());
+        tags.putAll(dirtytags);
+
+
+        return tags;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/TagNormalizerPlugin/src/net/nydick/opentsdb/plugin/normalizer/TagNormalizerPluginConfig.java b/TagNormalizerPlugin/src/net/nydick/opentsdb/plugin/normalizer/TagNormalizerPluginConfig.java
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+package net.nydick.opentsdb.plugin.normalizer;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.sun.deploy.net.BasicHttpRequest;
+import com.sun.deploy.net.HttpResponse;
+import net.opentsdb.utils.PluginConfig;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class TagNormalizerPluginConfig extends PluginConfig {
+
+    public TagNormalizerPluginConfig(String configUrl) {
+        super(configUrl);
+        try {
+            this.loadFromOrch();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    private void loadFromOrch() throws IOException {
+
+        URL orchUrl = new URL("http", "orch", 80, "/api/rest/v1/config/dev:infra:observ:opentsdb:default:normalizer_plugin:tag:default");
+
+        BasicHttpRequest orchReq = new BasicHttpRequest();
+        HttpResponse response = orchReq.doGetRequest(orchUrl);
+        InputStream orchIs = response.getInputStream();
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        Map<String, Object> jsonMap = mapper.readValue(orchIs, Map.class);
+
+        this.properties = new Properties();
+        properties.putAll(jsonMap);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/TagNormalizerPlugin/test/net/nydick/opentsdb/plugin/normalizer/TagNormalizerPluginConfigTest.java b/TagNormalizerPlugin/test/net/nydick/opentsdb/plugin/normalizer/TagNormalizerPluginConfigTest.java
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+++ b/TagNormalizerPlugin/test/net/nydick/opentsdb/plugin/normalizer/TagNormalizerPluginConfigTest.java
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+package net.nydick.opentsdb.plugin.normalizer;
+
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+public class TagNormalizerPluginConfigTest {
+
+
+    @org.junit.Test
+    public void getConfig() {
+        TagNormalizerPluginConfig tnpc = new TagNormalizerPluginConfig("foo");
+        Properties foo = tnpc.getConfig();
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/normalize/NormalizePlugin.java b/src/normalize/NormalizePlugin.java
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+++ b/src/normalize/NormalizePlugin.java
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+package net.opentsdb.normalize;
+
+import com.stumbleupon.async.Deferred;
+import net.opentsdb.core.TSDB;
+import net.opentsdb.stats.StatsCollector;
+import net.opentsdb.utils.PluginConfig;
+
+public abstract class NormalizePlugin {
+
+    private PluginConfig pluginConfig;
+
+    public  NormalizePlugin(PluginConfig pluginConfig){
+        this.pluginConfig = pluginConfig;
+    };
+
+    private NormalizePlugin() {}
+    public abstract void initialize(final TSDB tsdb);
+    public abstract Deferred<Object> shutdown();
+    public abstract String version();
+    public abstract void collectStats(final StatsCollector collector);
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/PluginConfig.java b/src/utils/PluginConfig.java
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+++ b/src/utils/PluginConfig.java
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+package net.opentsdb.utils;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public abstract class PluginConfig {
+
+    protected String configUrl;
+    private PluginConfig(){}
+    protected Properties properties;
+
+    public PluginConfig(String configUrl){
+        this.configUrl = configUrl;
+    }
+
+    public  Properties getConfig() {
+        return properties;
+    }
+
+}