diff --git a/publisher-discovery/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/discovery/PublisherDiscoveryService.java b/publisher-discovery/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/discovery/PublisherDiscoveryService.java
index 23919a0..bf8bfab 100644
--- a/publisher-discovery/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/discovery/PublisherDiscoveryService.java
+++ b/publisher-discovery/src/main/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/discovery/PublisherDiscoveryService.java
@@ -64,15 +64,31 @@ public void setPublisherDiscoveryConfiguration(
 	public List<PublisherPluginDescription> listPublisherDescriptions() {
 		log.info("listPublisherDescriptions()");
 		Set<Class<?>> classes = listPublisherClasses();
+		List<PublisherPluginDescription> descriptions = new ArrayList<PublisherPluginDescription>();
+		PublisherPluginDescription description;
+		PublicationDriver driver;
 
 		for (Class<?> clazz : classes) {
 			log.info("processing class:{}", clazz);
 			for (Annotation annotation : clazz.getDeclaredAnnotations()) {
-				log.info("...annotation:{}", annotation.toString());
+				if (annotation instanceof PublicationDriver) {
+					driver = clazz.getAnnotation(PublicationDriver.class);
+					log.info("...annotation:{}", annotation.toString());
+					log.info("driver name:{}", driver.name());
+					description = new PublisherPluginDescription();
+					description.setAsynch(driver.isAsynch());
+					description.setAuthor(driver.author());
+					description.setDescription(driver.description());
+					description.setPublisherClass(clazz);
+					description.setPublisherName(driver.name());
+					description.setVersion(driver.version());
+					descriptions.add(description);
+				}
+
 			}
 		}
 
-		return null;
+		return descriptions;
 
 	}
 
@@ -159,8 +175,10 @@ private void loadPublisherClasses(String libDir) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		DefaultContextLoader context = new DefaultContextLoader(jcl);
-		context.loadContext();
+		if (JclContext.get() == null) {
+			DefaultContextLoader context = new DefaultContextLoader(jcl);
+			context.loadContext();
+		}
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/publisher-discovery/src/test/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/discovery/PublisherDiscoveryServiceTest.java b/publisher-discovery/src/test/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/discovery/PublisherDiscoveryServiceTest.java
index be0529c..8f4cb50 100644
--- a/publisher-discovery/src/test/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/discovery/PublisherDiscoveryServiceTest.java
+++ b/publisher-discovery/src/test/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/discovery/PublisherDiscoveryServiceTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.iplantc.de.publish.discovery;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
@@ -43,11 +44,14 @@ public void testInitWithConfig() throws PublicationException {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testListPublicationDescriptions() throws PublicationException {
+	public void testListPublicationDescriptions() throws Exception {
+		File testDriver = PublisherTestingProperties
+				.getClasspathResourceAsFile("/sample-jars/dummy-publish-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar");
 		PublisherDiscoveryConfiguration publisherDiscoveryConfiguration = new PublisherDiscoveryConfiguration();
-		publisherDiscoveryConfiguration
-				.setJarFilePluginDir(testingProperties
-						.getProperty(PublisherTestingProperties.TEST_PUBLISHER_DIR_PROPERTY));
+		publisherDiscoveryConfiguration.setJarFilePluginDir(testDriver
+				.getParent());
+		// testingProperties
+		// .getProperty(PublisherTestingProperties.TEST_PUBLISHER_DIR_PROPERTY));
 		PublisherDiscoveryService publisherDiscoveryService = new PublisherDiscoveryService();
 		publisherDiscoveryService
 				.setPublisherDiscoveryConfiguration(publisherDiscoveryConfiguration);
@@ -55,7 +59,22 @@ public void testListPublicationDescriptions() throws PublicationException {
 		List<PublisherPluginDescription> descriptions = publisherDiscoveryService
 				.listPublisherDescriptions();
 		Assert.assertNotNull("null descriptions found:{}", descriptions);
+		String dummyName = "Dummy Logging";
+		boolean found = false;
 
-	}
+		for (PublisherPluginDescription description : descriptions) {
+			if (!description.getPublisherName().equals(dummyName)) {
+				continue;
+			}
 
+			Assert.assertFalse(description.getAuthor().isEmpty());
+			Assert.assertFalse(description.getDescription().isEmpty());
+			Assert.assertFalse(description.getPublisherName().isEmpty());
+			Assert.assertFalse(description.getVersion().isEmpty());
+			found = true;
+		}
+
+		Assert.assertTrue("didnt find test driver", found);
+
+	}
 }
diff --git a/publisher-discovery/src/test/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/discovery/PublisherTestingProperties.java b/publisher-discovery/src/test/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/discovery/PublisherTestingProperties.java
index 85662d7..050d152 100644
--- a/publisher-discovery/src/test/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/discovery/PublisherTestingProperties.java
+++ b/publisher-discovery/src/test/java/org/iplantc/de/publish/discovery/PublisherTestingProperties.java
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
  */
 package org.iplantc.de.publish.discovery;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.irods.jargon.core.exception.JargonException;
+import org.irods.jargon.core.utils.LocalFileUtils;
 import org.irods.jargon.testutils.TestingUtilsException;
 
 /**
@@ -52,4 +57,29 @@ public Properties getTestProperties() throws TestingUtilsException {
 		return properties;
 	}
 
+	public static File getClasspathResourceAsFile(final String resourcePath)
+			throws JargonException {
+
+		if (resourcePath == null || resourcePath.isEmpty()) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("null or empty resourcePath");
+		}
+		// Load the directory as a resource
+		URL resourceUrl = LocalFileUtils.class.getResource(resourcePath);
+
+		if (resourceUrl == null) {
+			throw new JargonException("null resource, cannot find file");
+		}
+
+		// Turn the resource into a File object
+		try {
+			File resourceFile = new File(resourceUrl.toURI());
+			if (!resourceFile.exists()) {
+				throw new JargonException("resource file does not exist");
+			}
+			return resourceFile;
+		} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+			throw new JargonException("unable to create uri from file path");
+		}
+	}
+
 }