Volumio 3 plug-ins won't work unless I have internet connection and logged I. to my volumio

Volumio 3 Issues?

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I am using volumio 3 on a rpi, I have the gpio buttons plugin installed but the buttons won’t work unless I have an internet connection and logged in. can this be fixed?