diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d5dfad2..d1490e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [0.5.1a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-plugin-manager/tree/0.5.1a1) (2024-10-16)
+## [0.5.2a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-plugin-manager/tree/0.5.2a1) (2024-10-21)
 
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-plugin-manager/compare/0.5.0...0.5.1a1)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-plugin-manager/compare/0.5.1...0.5.2a1)
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
-- fix:Typing [\#272](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-plugin-manager/pull/272) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
+- fix:phal config loading [\#274](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-plugin-manager/pull/274) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
 
 
 
diff --git a/ovos_plugin_manager/templates/phal.py b/ovos_plugin_manager/templates/phal.py
index 4ec7fa5..435d278 100644
--- a/ovos_plugin_manager/templates/phal.py
+++ b/ovos_plugin_manager/templates/phal.py
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 from ovos_bus_client.util import get_mycroft_bus
 from ovos_utils.process_utils import RuntimeRequirements
 
-from ovos_plugin_manager.utils.config import get_plugin_config
-
 
 class PHALValidator:
     @staticmethod
@@ -37,8 +35,7 @@ def __init__(self, bus=None, name="", config=None):
         super().__init__(daemon=True)
         self.config_core = Configuration()
         name = name or camel_case_split(self.__class__.__name__).replace(" ", "-").lower()
-        self.config = config or get_plugin_config(self.config_core,
-                                                  "PHAL", name)
+        self.config = config or self.config_core.get("PHAL", {}).get(name, {})
         self._mouth_events = False
         self._running = False
         self.bus = bus or get_mycroft_bus()
diff --git a/ovos_plugin_manager/version.py b/ovos_plugin_manager/version.py
index ac04700..d493ef4 100644
--- a/ovos_plugin_manager/version.py
+++ b/ovos_plugin_manager/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # START_VERSION_BLOCK
 VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 VERSION_MINOR = 5
-VERSION_BUILD = 1
-VERSION_ALPHA = 0
+VERSION_BUILD = 2
+VERSION_ALPHA = 1
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK