diff --git a/app/src/Main.cpp b/app/src/Main.cpp
index 9cde88d..30db0fe 100644
--- a/app/src/Main.cpp
+++ b/app/src/Main.cpp
@@ -34,11 +34,8 @@ Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_Main, "Main")
 
 namespace {
 
-/// Name of the directory containing the plugins
-
-#if _WIN32 || _WIN64
 const auto PLUGIN_DIRECTORY_NAME = QStringLiteral("plugins");
-#endif
+
 
 } // namespace
 
@@ -52,28 +49,32 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     w.show();
 
     // Loads plugins
-    auto pluginDir = QDir{sqpApp->applicationDirPath()};
+    auto pluginDir = QDir{a.applicationDirPath()};
+    auto pluginLookupPath = {
+        a.applicationDirPath(),
+        a.applicationDirPath() + "/" + PLUGIN_DIRECTORY_NAME,
+        a.applicationDirPath() + "/../lib64/SciQlop",
+        a.applicationDirPath() + "/../lib64/sciqlop",
+        a.applicationDirPath() + "/../lib/SciQlop",
+        a.applicationDirPath() + "/../lib/sciqlop",
+        a.applicationDirPath() + "/../plugins",
+    };
+
 #if _WIN32 || _WIN64
     pluginDir.mkdir(PLUGIN_DIRECTORY_NAME);
     pluginDir.cd(PLUGIN_DIRECTORY_NAME);
 #endif
 
+    PluginManager pluginManager{};
 
-#if __unix || __APPLE
-#if __x86_64__ || __ppc64__
-    if (!pluginDir.cd("../lib64/SciQlop")) {
-        pluginDir.cd("../lib64/sciqlop");
+    for (auto &&path : pluginLookupPath) {
+        QDir directory{path};
+        if (directory.exists()) {
+            qCDebug(LOG_Main())
+                << QObject::tr("Plugin directory: %1").arg(directory.absolutePath());
+            pluginManager.loadPlugins(directory);
+        }
     }
-#else
-    if (!pluginDir.cd("../lib/SciQlop")) {
-        pluginDir.cd("../lib/sciqlop");
-    }
-#endif
-#endif
-    qCDebug(LOG_Main()) << QObject::tr("Plugin directory: %1").arg(pluginDir.absolutePath());
-
-    PluginManager pluginManager{};
-    pluginManager.loadPlugins(pluginDir);
 
     return a.exec();
 }
diff --git a/core/src/Plugin/PluginManager.cpp b/core/src/Plugin/PluginManager.cpp
index 5609cfe..c27f53f 100644
--- a/core/src/Plugin/PluginManager.cpp
+++ b/core/src/Plugin/PluginManager.cpp
@@ -106,9 +106,15 @@ PluginManager::PluginManager() : impl{spimpl::make_unique_impl<PluginManagerPriv
 void PluginManager::loadPlugins(const QDir &pluginDir)
 {
     // Load plugins
-    auto pluginInfoList = pluginDir.entryInfoList(QDir::Files, QDir::Name);
-    for (auto pluginInfo : qAsConst(pluginInfoList)) {
-        impl->loadPlugin(pluginInfo.absoluteFilePath());
+    auto pluginInfoList
+        = pluginDir.entryInfoList(QDir::Files | QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot, QDir::Name);
+    for (auto entryInfo : qAsConst(pluginInfoList)) {
+        if (entryInfo.isDir())
+            this->loadPlugins(QDir{entryInfo.absoluteFilePath()});
+        else {
+            if (QLibrary::isLibrary(entryInfo.absoluteFilePath()))
+                impl->loadPlugin(entryInfo.absoluteFilePath());
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/amda/meson.build b/plugins/amda/meson.build
index 51b18fd..6f836de 100644
--- a/plugins/amda/meson.build
+++ b/plugins/amda/meson.build
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ amdaplugin_moc_plugin_files = moc_gen.process(amdaplugin_moc_headers)
 
 amdaplugin_rcc_plugin_files = rcc_gen.process(amdaplugin_resources_files)
 
+#amdaplugin_rcc_plugin_files = qt5.preprocess(
+#                               qresources : amdaplugin_resources_files)
+
 amdaplugin_moc_files = qt5.preprocess(
                                ui_files : amdaplugin_ui_files)
 
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ sciqlop_amdaplugin = library('amdaplugin',
                        amdaplugin_moc_files,
                        amdaplugin_rcc_plugin_files,
                        amdaplugin_moc_plugin_files,
-                       cpp_args : '-DAMDA_LIB',
+                       cpp_args : ['-DAMDA_LIB','-DQT_PLUGIN'],
                        link_with : [sciqlop_core, sciqlop_gui],
                        include_directories : [amdaplugin_inc, core_inc, gui_inc],
                        dependencies : [qt5core, qt5gui, qt5widgets, qt5network],