diff --git a/src/tools/mana_auto_replay.cc b/src/tools/mana_auto_replay.cc
index f66e323..7ba3cfc 100644
--- a/src/tools/mana_auto_replay.cc
+++ b/src/tools/mana_auto_replay.cc
@@ -413,8 +413,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         return 1;
     }
 
-    std::unique_ptr<mana::IManaSink> destSink;
     boost::dll::shared_library pluginHandle;
+    std::unique_ptr<mana::IManaPlugin> manaCppPlugin;
+    std::unique_ptr<mana::IManaSink> destSink;
 
     if (parser("--plugin"))
     {
@@ -422,8 +423,27 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         try
         {
             pluginHandle = boost::dll::shared_library(pluginFile);
-            destSink = std::make_unique<mana::ManaCSink>(
-                pluginHandle.get<mana_sink_plugin_t()>("mana_get_sink_plugin")());
+
+            try
+            {
+                destSink = std::make_unique<mana::ManaCSink>(
+                    pluginHandle.get<mana_sink_plugin_t()>("mana_get_sink_plugin")());
+            }
+            catch (const std::exception &e)
+            {
+                spdlog::debug("plugin {} is not a MANA_C_SINK_PLUGIN", pluginFile);
+                try
+                {
+                    manaCppPlugin = std::unique_ptr<mana::IManaPlugin>(
+                        pluginHandle.get<mana::IManaPlugin *()>("mana_get_plugin")());
+                    destSink = manaCppPlugin->makeSink();
+                }
+                catch (const std::exception &e)
+                {
+                    std::cerr << fmt::format("Error loading plugin: {}\n", e.what());
+                    return 1;
+                }
+            }
         }
         catch (const std::exception &e)
         {