diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 364e46cc88..71cf1f5a0f 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -182,10 +182,10 @@ when.all([ghost.init(), filters.loadCoreFilters(ghost), helpers.loadCoreHelpers(
     ghost.app().get('/page/:page/', frontend.homepage);
 
     ghost.app().listen(3333, function () {
-        console.log("Express server listening on port " + 3333);
+        // console.log("Express server listening on port " + 3333);
 
         // Let everyone know we have finished loading
         loading.resolve();
     });
 
-}, errors.logAndThrowError);
\ No newline at end of file
+}, errors.logAndThrowError);
diff --git a/content/plugins/exampleFilters.js b/content/plugins/exampleFilters.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b8d781477..0000000000
--- a/content/plugins/exampleFilters.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-(function(){
-    "use strict";
-
-    /**
-     * Because I didn't want to write over FancyFirstChar
-     */
-    var ExampleFilter;
-
-    var ExampleFilter = function(ghost){
-        this.ghost = function() {
-            return ghost;
-        }
-    }
-
-    ExampleFilter.prototype.init = function() {
-
-        this.ghost().registerFilter('messWithAdmin', function(adminNavbar){
-            console.log('adminnavbar settings run');
-            // delete adminNavbar.add;
-            return adminNavbar;
-        });
-
-    };
-
-    module.exports = ExampleFilter;
-
-}());
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diff --git a/content/plugins/fancyFirstChar.js b/content/plugins/fancyFirstChar.js
index b3652f11f8..df7aa8acb5 100644
--- a/content/plugins/fancyFirstChar.js
+++ b/content/plugins/fancyFirstChar.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
                 newContent,
                 firstCharIndex = 0;
 
-            console.log('got content to filter', posts);
+
 
             for (post in posts) {
                 if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post)) {
diff --git a/core/admin/controllers/index.js b/core/admin/controllers/index.js
index 7453ea4e79..444c874392 100755
--- a/core/admin/controllers/index.js
+++ b/core/admin/controllers/index.js
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ adminNavbar = {
     }
 };
 
-ghost.doFilter('messWithAdmin', adminNavbar, function () {
-    console.log('the dofilter hook called in /core/admin/controllers/index.js');
-});
-
 // TODO: make this a util or helper
 function setSelected(list, name) {
     _.each(list, function (item, key) {
@@ -91,7 +87,7 @@ adminControllers = {
                 email_address: email,
                 password: password
             }).then(function (user) {
-                console.log('user added', user);
+                // console.log('user added', user);
                 res.redirect('/ghost/login/');
             }, function (error) {
                 req.flash('error', error.message);
@@ -264,4 +260,4 @@ adminControllers = {
     }
 };
 
-module.exports = adminControllers;
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = adminControllers;
diff --git a/core/ghost.js b/core/ghost.js
index 6f936a479e..3d1c4f2139 100644
--- a/core/ghost.js
+++ b/core/ghost.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ var config = require('./../config'),
     Polyglot = require('node-polyglot'),
 
     models = require('./shared/models'),
-    ExampleFilter = require('../content/plugins/exampleFilters'),
 
     requireTree = require('./shared/require-tree'),
     themeDirectories = requireTree(path.resolve(__dirname + '../../content/themes')),
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ statuses = {
  */
 Ghost = function () {
     var app,
-        plugin,
         polyglot;
 
     if (!instance) {
@@ -72,9 +70,6 @@ Ghost = function () {
         // Holds the plugin directories temporarily
         instance.pluginDirectories = {};
 
-
-        plugin = new ExampleFilter(instance).init();
-
         app = express();
 
         polyglot = new Polyglot();
@@ -92,7 +87,6 @@ Ghost = function () {
             dataProvider: models,
             statuses: function () { return statuses; },
             polyglot: function () { return polyglot; },
-            plugin: function () { return plugin; },
             getPaths: function () {
                 return when.all([themeDirectories, pluginDirectories]).then(function (paths) {
                     instance.themeDirectories = paths[0];
@@ -252,4 +246,4 @@ Ghost.prototype.initTheme = function (app) {
 // TODO: Expose the defaults for other people to see/manipulate as a static value?
 // Ghost.defaults = defaults;
 
-module.exports = Ghost;
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+module.exports = Ghost;
diff --git a/core/shared/models/index.js b/core/shared/models/index.js
index 544928cea7..b166ed3205 100644
--- a/core/shared/models/index.js
+++ b/core/shared/models/index.js
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ module.exports = {
             return migration.down().then(function () {
                 return migration.up();
             }, errors.logAndThrowError);
-        }, errors.logAndThrowError).then(function () {
-            console.log('models loaded');
         }, errors.logAndThrowError);
     }
 };