# Custom codec no longer loaded in 1.5.2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-codec-no-longer-loaded-in-1-5-2/24830>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 3, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-codec-no-longer-loaded-in-1-5-2/24830 "2015-07-03T01:50:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![fcntl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e480ec/32.png) [@fcntl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fcntl)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-codec-no-longer-loaded-in-1-5-2/24830/1 "2015-07-03T01:50:47Z")

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I updates to 1.5.2 and my codec stopped working  
I was dropping it in another codec dir /opt/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-codec-json-0.1.7/lib/logstash/codecs/  
It worked fine under 1.5.1. Now under 1.5.2 I get "Couldn't find any codec plugin..." message.  
Where can I just drop a custom .rb file somewhere so it will be loaded as a codec?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/custom-codec-no-longer-loaded-in-1-5-2/24830/2 "2017-07-06T05:35:39Z")

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