diff --git a/src/bindings/plugin_abi.rs b/src/bindings/plugin_abi.rs
index 29db19d..17cce7d 100644
--- a/src/bindings/plugin_abi.rs
+++ b/src/bindings/plugin_abi.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ pub enum LogLevel {
 
 #[repr(i32)]
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum PluginString {
     Name,           // the name of the plugin
     LogName,        // the name used for logging
@@ -36,8 +37,10 @@ pub enum PluginString {
 
 #[repr(u32)]
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum PluginField {
     Context,
+    Color,
 }
 
 bitflags! {
@@ -47,3 +50,11 @@ bitflags! {
         const CLIENT = 0x2;
     }
 }
+
+#[repr(packed)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct PluginColor {
+    pub red: u8,
+    pub green: u8,
+    pub blue: u8,
+}
diff --git a/src/high/northstar.rs b/src/high/northstar.rs
index 31440de..a06f4cc 100644
--- a/src/high/northstar.rs
+++ b/src/high/northstar.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 
-use crate::bindings::plugin_abi::PluginContext;
+use crate::bindings::plugin_abi::{PluginColor, PluginContext};
 
 /// information about the plugin that the plugins system requests
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub struct PluginInfo {
     log_name: &'static CStr,
     dependency_name: &'static CStr,
     context: PluginContext,
+    color: PluginColor,
 }
 
 impl PluginInfo {
@@ -38,28 +39,55 @@ impl PluginInfo {
             "consider actually having a dependency_name"
         );
         assert!(log_name.to_bytes().len() == 9, "log name is used for logging and ideally should be 9 chars long and all upercase to look like every other log str");
+        // assert!(dependency_name.to_bytes() ); // TODO a check valid constants
         Self {
             name,
             log_name,
             dependency_name,
             context,
+            color: PluginColor {
+                red: 244,
+                green: 106,
+                blue: 14,
+            },
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns a reference to the get name of the plugin.
+    /// Creates a new [`PluginInfo`] but with a color for logs.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    /// refer to `new`
+    pub const fn new_with_color(
+        name: &'static CStr,
+        log_name: &'static CStr,
+        dependency_name: &'static CStr,
+        context: PluginContext,
+        color: PluginColor,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            color,
+            ..Self::new(name, log_name, dependency_name, context)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a reference to the name of the plugin.
     pub const fn get_name(&self) -> &'static CStr {
         self.name
     }
-    /// Returns a reference to the get log name of the plugin.
+    /// Returns a reference to the log name of the plugin.
     pub const fn get_log_name(&self) -> &'static CStr {
         self.log_name
     }
-    /// Returns a reference to the get dependency name of the plugin.
+    /// Returns a reference to the dependency name of the plugin.
     pub const fn get_dependency_name(&self) -> &'static CStr {
         self.dependency_name
     }
-    /// Returns the get context of the plugin.
+    /// Returns the context of the plugin.
     pub const fn get_context(&self) -> PluginContext {
         self.context
     }
+    /// Returns the color of the plugin.
+    pub const fn get_color(&self) -> PluginColor {
+        self.color
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/interfaces/manager.rs b/src/interfaces/manager.rs
index 184a5e8..04279ef 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/manager.rs
+++ b/src/interfaces/manager.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn create_interface(
 ///
 /// # Safety
 ///
-/// marked as unsafe for now since I don't know if the current Interface api is invariant enough
+/// marked as unsafe for now since I don't know if the current Interface api safe enough and wouldn't be exploited from safe rust
 ///
 /// interfaces must be sync and send have to deal with the Interface struct instead of there struct which all handled by the [`crate::as_interface`] macro
 pub unsafe fn register_interface<T: Send + Sync + 'static + AsInterface>(
diff --git a/src/macros/entry.rs b/src/macros/entry.rs
index 8b11358..9ea864e 100644
--- a/src/macros/entry.rs
+++ b/src/macros/entry.rs
@@ -61,10 +61,7 @@ macro_rules! entry {
                     Self
                 }
 
-                const fn GetString(
-                    &self,
-                    prop: plugin_abi::PluginString,
-                ) -> *const std::ffi::c_char {
+                fn GetString(&self, prop: plugin_abi::PluginString) -> *const std::ffi::c_char {
                     match prop {
                         plugin_abi::PluginString::Name => {
                             $plugin::PLUGIN_INFO.get_name().as_ptr() as *const i8
@@ -75,14 +72,35 @@ macro_rules! entry {
                         plugin_abi::PluginString::DependencyName => {
                             $plugin::PLUGIN_INFO.get_dependency_name().as_ptr() as *const i8
                         }
+                        #[allow(unreachable_patterns)]
+                        // for some reason this warning appears even tho the pattern is non exhaustive
+                        _ => {
+                            log::warn!("invalid plugin string requested!");
+                            c"err".as_ptr()
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 
-                const fn GetField(&self, prop: plugin_abi::PluginField) -> i64 {
+                fn GetField(&self, prop: plugin_abi::PluginField) -> i64 {
                     match prop {
                         plugin_abi::PluginField::Context => {
                             $plugin::PLUGIN_INFO.get_context().bits() as i64
                         }
+                        plugin_abi::PluginField::Color => {
+                            let mut packed = 0;
+                            let color = $plugin::PLUGIN_INFO.get_color();
+
+                            packed += color.red as i64;
+                            packed += (color.green as i64) << 8;
+                            packed += (color.blue as i64) << 16;
+
+                            packed
+                        }
+                        #[allow(unreachable_patterns)]
+                        _ => {
+                            log::warn!("invalid plugin field requested!");
+                            0
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }