diff --git a/src/ll/api/data/KeyValueDB.cpp b/src/ll/api/data/KeyValueDB.cpp
index 6d64f644aa..127e8958f0 100644
--- a/src/ll/api/data/KeyValueDB.cpp
+++ b/src/ll/api/data/KeyValueDB.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ KeyValueDB::KeyValueDB(std::filesystem::path const& path, bool createIfMiss, int
         std::error_code ec;
         std::filesystem::create_directories(path, ec);
     }
-    impl = std::make_unique<KeyValueDBImpl>(string_utils::wstr2str(path.native()), createIfMiss, bloomFilterBit);
+    impl = std::make_unique<KeyValueDBImpl>(string_utils::wstr2str(path.wstring()), createIfMiss, bloomFilterBit);
 }
 
 KeyValueDB::KeyValueDB(KeyValueDB&&) noexcept = default;
diff --git a/src/ll/api/io/FileUtils.cpp b/src/ll/api/io/FileUtils.cpp
index 5972e59b2a..735dcb0dff 100644
--- a/src/ll/api/io/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/ll/api/io/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ data::Version getVersion(std::filesystem::path const& filePath) {
     data::Version version;
     ushort        build_ver{};
     uint          flag{};
-    if (!getFileVersion(filePath.native(), version.major, version.minor, version.patch, build_ver, flag)) {
+    if (!getFileVersion(filePath.wstring(), version.major, version.minor, version.patch, build_ver, flag)) {
         return {};
     } else {
         version.preRelease = data::PreRelease{};
diff --git a/src/ll/core/plugin/NativePluginManager.cpp b/src/ll/core/plugin/NativePluginManager.cpp
index 9599554d94..ee6c1d995d 100644
--- a/src/ll/core/plugin/NativePluginManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ll/core/plugin/NativePluginManager.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ NativePluginManager::NativePluginManager() : PluginManager(NativePluginManagerNa
 NativePluginManager::~NativePluginManager() = default;
 
 static void printDependencyError(
-    const std::unique_ptr<pl::dependency_walker::DependencyIssueItem>& item,
+    std::unique_ptr<pl::dependency_walker::DependencyIssueItem> const& item,
     std::ostream&                                                      stream,
     size_t                                                             depth = 0
 ) {
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ static void printDependencyError(
             }
         }
         if (!item->mDependencies.empty()) {
-            for (const auto& [module, subItem] : item->mDependencies) {
+            for (auto const& [module, subItem] : item->mDependencies) {
                 printDependencyError(subItem, stream, depth + 1);
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
-std::string diagnosticDependency(const std::filesystem::path& path) {
+static std::string diagnosticDependency(std::filesystem::path const& path) {
     auto              result = pl::dependency_walker::pl_diagnostic_dependency(path);
     std::stringstream stream;
     printDependencyError(result, stream);
@@ -58,7 +58,19 @@ bool NativePluginManager::load(Manifest manifest) {
     if (hasPlugin(manifest.name)) {
         return false;
     }
-    auto entry = getPluginsRoot() / manifest.name / manifest.entry;
+    auto pluginDir = std::filesystem::canonical(getPluginsRoot() / manifest.name);
+
+    std::wstring buffer(32767, '\0');
+
+    if (auto res = GetEnvironmentVariable(L"PATH", buffer.data(), 32767); res != 0 && res != 32767) {
+        buffer.resize(res);
+        if (!buffer.empty()) {
+            buffer += L";";
+        }
+        buffer += pluginDir.wstring();
+        SetEnvironmentVariable(L"PATH", buffer.c_str());
+    }
+    auto entry = pluginDir / manifest.entry;
     auto lib   = LoadLibrary(entry.c_str());
     if (!lib) {
         auto e = error_utils::getWinLastError();