diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 2d6f98ca..152e19d5 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ extern crate core;
 extern crate objc;
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::env::current_dir;
 use std::fs;
 use std::fs::{create_dir_all, read_to_string, File};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak_plugin_runtime/src/plugin.rs b/src-tauri/yaak_plugin_runtime/src/plugin.rs
index 67bd8695..2aa271ce 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak_plugin_runtime/src/plugin.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak_plugin_runtime/src/plugin.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ async fn read_plugins_dir(dir: &PathBuf) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
     let mut dirs: Vec<String> = vec![];
     while let Ok(Some(entry)) = result.next_entry().await {
         if entry.path().is_dir() {
-            dirs.push(entry.path().to_string_lossy().to_string())
+            // HACK: Remove UNC prefix for Windows paths to pass to sidecar
+            let safe_path = dunce::simplified(entry.path().as_path())
+                .to_string_lossy()
+                .to_string();
+            dirs.push(safe_path)
         }
     }
     Ok(dirs)