diff --git a/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp b/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp
index af0d38d7a54611..5d084068290845 100644
--- a/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp
+++ b/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp
@@ -128,12 +128,14 @@ static void AddExtraModulePaths()
 #endif
 	}
 
-	if (portable_mode)
-		return;
-
 	char base_module_dir[512];
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-	int ret = GetProgramDataPath(base_module_dir, sizeof(base_module_dir), "obs-studio/plugins/%module%");
+	int ret = 0;
+	if (portable_mode) {
+		ret = GetAppConfigPath(base_module_dir, sizeof(base_module_dir), "obs-studio/plugins/%module%");
+	} else {
+		ret = GetProgramDataPath(base_module_dir, sizeof(base_module_dir), "obs-studio/plugins/%module%");
+	}
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
 	int ret = GetAppConfigPath(base_module_dir, sizeof(base_module_dir), "obs-studio/plugins/%module%.plugin");
 #else