--- whitebox-tools-app/src/tools/mod.rs
+++ whitebox-tools-app/src/tools/mod.rs
@@ -1197,7 +1197,8 @@
 
     fn get_plugin_list(&self) -> Result<HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>, Error> {
         // let exe_path = std::env::current_dir()?.to_str().unwrap_or("No exe path found.").to_string();
-        let mut dir = env::current_exe()?;
+        let mut exe = env::current_exe()?;
+        let mut dir = fs::canonicalize(exe)?;
         dir.pop();
         dir.push("plugins");
         let plugin_directory = dir.to_str().unwrap_or("No exe path found.").to_string();