diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/nwapw/abacus/plugin/Plugin.java b/core/src/main/java/org/nwapw/abacus/plugin/Plugin.java
index ecec78a..2481ac4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/nwapw/abacus/plugin/Plugin.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/nwapw/abacus/plugin/Plugin.java
@@ -220,12 +220,4 @@ public abstract class Plugin {
      */
     public abstract void onDisable();
 
-    /**
-     * Get the variable database.
-     * @return the variable database.
-     */
-    public final VariableDatabase getVariableDatabase(){
-        return manager.getVariableDatabase();
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/nwapw/abacus/plugin/PluginManager.java b/core/src/main/java/org/nwapw/abacus/plugin/PluginManager.java
index 9f7e0ab..64b87c1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/nwapw/abacus/plugin/PluginManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/nwapw/abacus/plugin/PluginManager.java
@@ -422,12 +422,5 @@ public class PluginManager {
     public Set<Class<?>> getLoadedPluginClasses() {
         return loadedPluginClasses;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the variable database.
-     * @return the database.
-     */
-    public VariableDatabase getVariableDatabase(){
-        return abacus.getVariableDatabase();
-    }
+    
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/nwapw/abacus/Abacus.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/nwapw/abacus/Abacus.kt
index d123ee4..b2fbfa5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/nwapw/abacus/Abacus.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/nwapw/abacus/Abacus.kt
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ class Abacus(val configuration: Configuration) {
      * The promotion manager used to convert between number implementations.
      */
     val promotionManager = PromotionManager(this)
-    /**
-     * The database of variable definitions.
-     */
-    val variableDatabase = VariableDatabase(this)
 
     /**
      * The hidden, mutable implementation of the context.
@@ -65,9 +61,16 @@ class Abacus(val configuration: Configuration) {
         pluginManager.addListener(tokenizer)
         pluginManager.addListener(parser)
         pluginManager.addListener(promotionManager)
-        pluginManager.addListener(variableDatabase)
     }
 
+    fun reload(){
+        pluginManager.reload()
+        with(mutableContext) {
+            numberImplementation = pluginManager.numberImplementationFor(configuration.numberImplementation)
+            clearVariables()
+            clearDefinitions()
+        }
+    }
     /**
      * Parses a string into a tree structure using the main
      * tree builder.
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/nwapw/abacus/tests/CalculationTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/nwapw/abacus/tests/CalculationTests.java
index 39cf091..1818090 100755
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/nwapw/abacus/tests/CalculationTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/nwapw/abacus/tests/CalculationTests.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class CalculationTests {
     @BeforeClass
     public static void prepareTests() {
         abacus.getPluginManager().addInstantiated(new StandardPlugin(abacus.getPluginManager()));
-        abacus.getPluginManager().load();
+        abacus.reload();
     }
 
     private void testOutput(String input, String parseOutput, String output) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/nwapw/abacus/tests/TokenizerTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/nwapw/abacus/tests/TokenizerTests.java
index 5ef7f2f..90272c4 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/nwapw/abacus/tests/TokenizerTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/nwapw/abacus/tests/TokenizerTests.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class TokenizerTests {
     public static void prepareTests() {
         abacus.getPluginManager().addListener(lexerTokenizer);
         abacus.getPluginManager().addInstantiated(testPlugin);
-        abacus.getPluginManager().load();
+        abacus.reload();
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/fx/src/main/java/org/nwapw/abacus/fx/AbacusController.java b/fx/src/main/java/org/nwapw/abacus/fx/AbacusController.java
index 8b05f3f..74527a1 100644
--- a/fx/src/main/java/org/nwapw/abacus/fx/AbacusController.java
+++ b/fx/src/main/java/org/nwapw/abacus/fx/AbacusController.java
@@ -320,13 +320,13 @@ public class AbacusController implements PluginListener {
         } catch (IOException | ClassNotFoundException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
-        abacusPluginManager.reload();
+        abacus.reload();
     }
 
     @FXML
     public void performReload() {
         alertIfApplyNeeded(true);
-        abacus.getPluginManager().reload();
+        abacus.reload();
     }
 
     @FXML