diff --git a/examplar.cpp b/examplar.cpp
index d765017..a6c88b2 100644
--- a/examplar.cpp
+++ b/examplar.cpp
@@ -19,28 +19,7 @@ int main( )
     Plan plan;
     plan.load_plan_file( plan_file, verbose );
 
-/*    for ( int i = 0; i < plan.num_tasks(); ++i )
-    {
-        Task current_task = plan.get_task( i );
-
-        Unit current_unit = unit_definitions->get_unit( current_task.get_name() );
-
-        std::cout << "Found task name in \"" << configuration.get_plan_path() << "\":\t" << current_task.get_name() << std::endl << std::endl;
-
-        std::cout << "Associated Unit name:\t\t"    << current_unit.get_name()      << std::endl;
-        std::cout << "Associated Unit target:\t\t"  << current_unit.get_target()    << std::endl;
-        std::cout << "Associated Unit healer:\t\t"  << current_unit.get_rectifier() << std::endl;
-        std::cout << "Associated Unit heals:\t\t"   << current_unit.get_rectify()   << std::endl;
-
-        Json::Value deps = current_task.get_dependencies();
-
-        for ( int j = 0; j < deps.size(); ++j )
-        {
-            std::cout << "Associated Dependency:\t\t" << deps[j] << std::endl;
-        }
-        std::cout << std::endl;
-    }
-*/
+    plan.load_definitions( available_definitions, verbose );
 
     return 0;
 }
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diff --git a/src/loaders/Plan.cpp b/src/loaders/Plan.cpp
index 8032a2d..a412d42 100644
--- a/src/loaders/Plan.cpp
+++ b/src/loaders/Plan.cpp
@@ -86,4 +86,21 @@ void Plan::get_task(Task & result, std::string provided_name, bool verbose)
             std::cerr << "Task name \"" << provided_name << "\" was referenced but not defined!" << std::endl;
             throw Plan_InvalidTaskName();
         }
+}
+
+/// Plan::load_definitions - Load the units corresponding to each task in plan from the given Suite.
+void Plan::load_definitions( Suite unit_definitions, bool verbose )
+{
+    // placeholder Unit
+    Unit tmp_U;
+
+    // for every task in the plan:
+    for (int i = 0; i < this->tasks.size(); i++ )
+    {
+        // load the tmp_U corresponding to that task name
+        unit_definitions.get_unit( tmp_U, this->tasks[i].get_name() );
+
+        // then have that task attach a copy of tmp_U
+        this->tasks[i].load_definition( tmp_U, verbose );
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/loaders/Plan.h b/src/loaders/Plan.h
index b5ccc02..aaad95d 100644
--- a/src/loaders/Plan.h
+++ b/src/loaders/Plan.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Plan: public JSON_Loader
         void get_task( Task & result, int index, bool verbose );
 
         // load unit definitions from a provided suite and import them into individual tasks
-        void load_definitions( Suite unit_definitions );
+        void load_definitions( Suite unit_definitions, bool verbose );
 
         // fetch a corresponding Unit to a Task
         void get_definition_from_task(Unit & result, Task input, bool verbose );