diff --git a/jrnl/__init__.py b/jrnl/__init__.py
index 796c58c4..26ab08e7 100644
--- a/jrnl/__init__.py
+++ b/jrnl/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jrnl is a simple journal application for your command line.
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 __title__ = 'jrnl'
-__version__ = '2.0.0-rc1'
+__version__ = '2.0.0-rc2'
 __author__ = 'Manuel Ebert'
 __license__ = 'MIT License'
-__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2013 - 2015 Manuel Ebert'
+__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2012 - 2016 Manuel Ebert'
diff --git a/jrnl/export.py b/jrnl/export.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d4873314..00000000
--- a/jrnl/export.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# encoding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
-from .util import ERROR_COLOR, RESET_COLOR
-from .util import slugify, u
-from .template import Template
-import os
-import codecs
-
-
-class Exporter(object):
-    """This Exporter can convert entries and journals into text files."""
-    def __init__(self, format):
-        with open("jrnl/templates/" + format + ".template") as f:
-            front_matter, body = f.read().strip("-\n").split("---", 2)
-            self.template = Template(body)
-
-    def export_entry(self, entry):
-        """Returns a unicode representation of a single entry."""
-        return entry.__unicode__()
-
-    def _get_vars(self, journal):
-        return {
-            'journal': journal,
-            'entries': journal.entries,
-            'tags': journal.tags
-        }
-
-    def export_journal(self, journal):
-        """Returns a unicode representation of an entire journal."""
-        return self.template.render_block("journal", **self._get_vars(journal))
-
-    def write_file(self, journal, path):
-        """Exports a journal into a single file."""
-        try:
-            with codecs.open(path, "w", "utf-8") as f:
-                f.write(self.export_journal(journal))
-                return "[Journal exported to {0}]".format(path)
-        except IOError as e:
-            return "[{2}ERROR{3}: {0} {1}]".format(e.filename, e.strerror, ERROR_COLOR, RESET_COLOR)
-
-    def make_filename(self, entry):
-        return entry.date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_{0}.{1}".format(slugify(u(entry.title)), self.extension))
-
-    def write_files(self, journal, path):
-        """Exports a journal into individual files for each entry."""
-        for entry in journal.entries:
-            try:
-                full_path = os.path.join(path, self.make_filename(entry))
-                with codecs.open(full_path, "w", "utf-8") as f:
-                    f.write(self.export_entry(entry))
-            except IOError as e:
-                return "[{2}ERROR{3}: {0} {1}]".format(e.filename, e.strerror, ERROR_COLOR, RESET_COLOR)
-        return "[Journal exported to {0}]".format(path)
-
-    def export(self, journal, format="text", output=None):
-        """Exports to individual files if output is an existing path, or into
-        a single file if output is a file name, or returns the exporter's
-        representation as unicode if output is None."""
-        if output and os.path.isdir(output):  # multiple files
-            return self.write_files(journal, output)
-        elif output:                          # single file
-            return self.write_file(journal, output)
-        else:
-            return self.export_journal(journal)
diff --git a/jrnl/install.py b/jrnl/install.py
index 7cc8f880..72c7a462 100644
--- a/jrnl/install.py
+++ b/jrnl/install.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ default_config = {
     'editor': os.getenv('VISUAL') or os.getenv('EDITOR') or "",
     'encrypt': False,
     'template': False,
+    'plugin_path': os.path.join(CONFIG_PATH, 'plugins'),
     'default_hour': 9,
     'default_minute': 0,
     'timeformat': "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M",
diff --git a/jrnl/templates/sample.template b/jrnl/templates/sample.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 983d6af3..00000000
--- a/jrnl/templates/sample.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
----
-extension: txt
----
-
-{% block journal %}
-{% for entry in entries %}
-{% include entry %}
-{% endfor %}
-
-{% endblock %}
-
-{% block entry %}
-{{ entry.title }}
-{{ "-" * len(entry.title) }}
-
-{{ entry.body }}
-
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f6097064..539b2cb2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ setup(
         "parsedatetime>=1.5",
         "pytz>=2015.7",
         "six>=1.10.0",
-        "cryptography==1.4",
+        "cryptography>=1.8",
         "tzlocal>=1.2",
         "pyyaml>=3.11",
         "keyring>=7.3",