diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Core/ExternalPlugins/Environments/AbstractPluginEnvironment.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Core/ExternalPlugins/Environments/AbstractPluginEnvironment.cs
index 6d41e2383..93058759a 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Core/ExternalPlugins/Environments/AbstractPluginEnvironment.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Core/ExternalPlugins/Environments/AbstractPluginEnvironment.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using Flow.Launcher.Plugin;
 using Flow.Launcher.Plugin.SharedCommands;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
@@ -113,7 +114,12 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Core.ExternalPlugins.Environments
             foreach (var metadata in PluginMetadataList)
             {
                 if (metadata.Language.Equals(languageToSet, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
                     pluginPairs.Add(CreatePluginPair(filePath, metadata));
+                    metadata.AssemblyName = string.Empty;
+                    metadata.PluginSettingsDirectoryPath = Path.Combine(DataLocation.PluginSettingsDirectory, metadata.Name);
+                    metadata.PluginCacheDirectoryPath = Path.Combine(DataLocation.PluginCacheDirectory, metadata.Name);
+                }
             }
 
             return pluginPairs;
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginsLoader.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginsLoader.cs
index 70c43435d..91177e745 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginsLoader.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/PluginsLoader.cs
@@ -139,9 +139,19 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin
         {
             return source
                 .Where(o => o.Language.Equals(AllowedLanguage.Executable, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                .Select(metadata => new PluginPair
+                .Select(metadata =>
                 {
-                    Plugin = new ExecutablePlugin(metadata.ExecuteFilePath), Metadata = metadata
+                    var plugin = new PluginPair
+                    {
+                        Plugin = new ExecutablePlugin(metadata.ExecuteFilePath),
+                        Metadata = metadata
+                    };
+
+                    plugin.Metadata.AssemblyName = string.Empty;
+                    plugin.Metadata.PluginSettingsDirectoryPath = Path.Combine(DataLocation.PluginSettingsDirectory, plugin.Metadata.Name);
+                    plugin.Metadata.PluginCacheDirectoryPath = Path.Combine(DataLocation.PluginCacheDirectory, plugin.Metadata.Name);
+
+                    return plugin;
                 });
         }
 
@@ -149,9 +159,19 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin
         {
             return source
                 .Where(o => o.Language.Equals(AllowedLanguage.ExecutableV2, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                .Select(metadata => new PluginPair
+                .Select(metadata =>
                 {
-                    Plugin = new ExecutablePluginV2(metadata.ExecuteFilePath), Metadata = metadata
+                    var plugin = new PluginPair
+                    {
+                        Plugin = new ExecutablePlugin(metadata.ExecuteFilePath),
+                        Metadata = metadata
+                    };
+
+                    plugin.Metadata.AssemblyName = string.Empty;
+                    plugin.Metadata.PluginSettingsDirectoryPath = Path.Combine(DataLocation.PluginSettingsDirectory, plugin.Metadata.Name);
+                    plugin.Metadata.PluginCacheDirectoryPath = Path.Combine(DataLocation.PluginCacheDirectory, plugin.Metadata.Name);
+
+                    return plugin;
                 });
         }
     }