diff --git a/application/config/aliases.php b/application/config/aliases.php
index 0ba727ad..bef65063 100644
--- a/application/config/aliases.php
+++ b/application/config/aliases.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 	'Inflector' => 'System\\Inflector',
 	'Input' => 'System\\Input',
 	'Lang' => 'System\\Lang',
+	'Loader' => 'System\\Loader',
 	'Package' => 'System\\Package',
 	'URL' => 'System\\URL',
 	'Redirect' => 'System\\Redirect',
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index 998464d0..1352de5d 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 // --------------------------------------------------------------
 require SYS_PATH.'package'.EXT;
 
-System\Package::load(System\Config::get('packages.autoload'));
+System\Package::load(System\Config::get('package.autoload'));
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------
 // Register the route filters.
diff --git a/system/loader.php b/system/loader.php
index e0f69e42..56f8610a 100644
--- a/system/loader.php
+++ b/system/loader.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public static function load($class)
 	 */
 	public static function register($path)
 	{
-		static::$paths[] = $path;
+		static::$paths[] = rtrim($path, '/').'/';
 	}
 
 }
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diff --git a/system/package.php b/system/package.php
index 08c24fe3..5adb64ec 100644
--- a/system/package.php
+++ b/system/package.php
@@ -12,30 +12,23 @@ class Package {
 	/**
 	 * Load a package or set of packages.
 	 *
-	 * @param  string|array  $package
+	 * @param  string|array  $packages
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public static function load($package)
+	public static function load($packages)
 	{
-		if (is_array($package))
+		foreach ((array) $packages as $package)
 		{
-			foreach ($package as $value)
+			// Packages may have a bootstrap file, which commonly is used to register auto-loaders
+			// and perform other initialization needed to use the package. If the package has a
+			// bootstrapper, we will require it here.
+			if ( ! array_key_exists($package, static::$loaded) and file_exists($path = PACKAGE_PATH.$package.'/bootstrap'.EXT))
 			{
-				static::load($value);			
+				require $path;
 			}
 
-			return;
+			static::$loaded[] = $package;			
 		}
-
-		// Packages may have a bootstrap file, which commonly is used to register auto-loaders
-		// and perform other initialization needed to use the package. If the package has a
-		// bootstrapper, we will require it here.
-		if ( ! array_key_exists($package, static::$loaded) and file_exists($path = PACKAGE_PATH.$package.'/bootstrap'.EXT))
-		{
-			require $path;
-		}
-
-		static::$loaded[] = $package;
 	}
 
 }
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