diff --git a/garak/command.py b/garak/command.py
index 441154796..0e2b26db3 100644
--- a/garak/command.py
+++ b/garak/command.py
@@ -131,12 +131,12 @@ def print_buffs():
 def plugin_info(plugin_name):
     import inspect
 
-    from garak._plugins import enumerate_plugins, load_plugin
+    from garak._plugins import load_plugin
 
     # load plugin
     try:
         plugin = load_plugin(plugin_name)
-        print(f"Info on {plugin_name}:")
+        print(f"Configured info on {plugin_name}:")
         priority_fields = ["description"]
         skip_fields = ["prompts", "triggers"]
         # print the attribs it has
@@ -195,14 +195,6 @@ def list_config():
     print("_config:")
     _enumerate_obj_values(_config)
 
-    print("system:")
-    _enumerate_obj_values(_config.system)
-
-    print("transient:")
-    _enumerate_obj_values(_config.transient)
-
-    print("run:")
-    _enumerate_obj_values(_config.run)
-
-    print("plugins:")
-    _enumerate_obj_values(_config.plugins)
+    for section in "system transient run plugins".split():
+        print(f"{section}:")
+        _enumerate_obj_values(getattr(_config, section))
diff --git a/garak/generators/rest.py b/garak/generators/rest.py
index 47ce341fa..64a6caa23 100644
--- a/garak/generators/rest.py
+++ b/garak/generators/rest.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class RESTRateLimitError(Exception):
 class RestGenerator(Generator):
     """Generic API interface for REST models
 
-    Uses the following options from _config.run.generator_options:
+    Uses the following options from _config.run.generators["rest"]:
     * uri - (optional) the URI of the REST endpoint; this can also be passed
             in --model_name
     * name - a short name for this service; defaults to the uri
@@ -63,18 +63,20 @@ class RestGenerator(Generator):
     and response value are both under the "text" key, we'd define the service
     using something like:
 
-    {
-        "name": "example service",
-        "uri": "https://example.ai/llm",
-        "method": "post",
-        "headers":{
-            "X-Authorization": "$KEY",
-        },
-        "req_template_json_object":{
-            "text":"$INPUT"
-        },
-        "response_json": true,
-        "response_json_field": "text"
+    {"rest.RestGenerator":
+        {
+            "name": "example service",
+            "uri": "https://example.ai/llm",
+            "method": "post",
+            "headers":{
+                "X-Authorization": "$KEY",
+            },
+            "req_template_json_object":{
+                "text":"$INPUT"
+            },
+            "response_json": true,
+            "response_json_field": "text"
+        }
     }
 
     To use this specification with garak, you can either pass the JSON as a
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ def __init__(self, uri=None, generations=10):
         self.retry_5xx = True
         self.key_env_var = "REST_API_KEY"
 
-        if "generator_options" in dir(_config.plugins):
+        if "rest" in dir(_config.plugins.generators):
             for field in (
                 "name",
                 "uri",
@@ -122,19 +124,19 @@ def __init__(self, uri=None, generations=10):
                 "response_timeout",
                 "ratelimit_codes",
             ):
-                if field in _config.plugins.generator_options:
-                    setattr(self, field, _config.plugins.generator_options[field])
+                if field in _config.plugins.generators["rest"]:
+                    setattr(self, field, _config.plugins.generator["rest"][field])
 
-            if "req_template_json_object" in _config.plugins.generator_options:
+            if "req_template_json_object" in _config.plugins.generators["rest"]:
                 self.req_template = json.dumps(
-                    _config.plugins.generator_options["req_template_json_object"]
+                    _config.plugins.generators["rest"]["req_template_json_object"]
                 )
 
             if (
                 self.response_json
-                and "response_json_field" in _config.plugins.generator_options
+                and "response_json_field" in _config.plugins.generators["rest"]
             ):
-                self.response_json_field = _config.plugins.generator_options[
+                self.response_json_field = _config.plugins.generators["rest"][
                     "response_json_field"
                 ]
 
diff --git a/garak/probes/encoding.py b/garak/probes/encoding.py
index da33a8297..cc317c899 100644
--- a/garak/probes/encoding.py
+++ b/garak/probes/encoding.py
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ def load_payloads():
     payloads = []
 
     if _config.plugins.probe_options:
-        if "encoding.payloads" in _config.plugins.probe_options:
-            if isinstance(_config.plugins.probe_options["encoding.payloads"], str):
-                _config.plugins.probe_options["encoding.payloads"] = [
-                    _config.plugins.probe_options["encoding.payloads"]
+        if "encoding" in _config.plugins.probes:
+            if isinstance(_config.plugins.probes["encoding"]["payloads"], str):
+                _config.plugins.probes["encoding"]["payloads"] = [
+                    _config.plugins.probes["encoding"]["payloads"]
                 ]
-            for payload_class in _config.plugins.probe_options["encoding.payloads"]:
+            for payload_class in _config.plugins.probes["encoding"]["payloads"]:
                 if payload_class in payload_library:
                     payloads += payload_library[payload_class]