diff --git a/pcsx2/PluginManager.cpp b/pcsx2/PluginManager.cpp
index a2494d7ef8..28b8a23032 100644
--- a/pcsx2/PluginManager.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/PluginManager.cpp
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ SysCorePlugins::PluginStatus_t::PluginStatus_t( PluginsEnum_t _pid, const wxStri
 			.SetUserMsg(_( "The configured %s plugin is not a PCSX2 plugin, or is for an older unsupported version of PCSX2."));
 
 	if( SetEmuVersion != NULL )
-		SetEmuVersion( "PCSX2", (0ul << 24) | (9ul<<16) | (7ul<<8) | 0 );
+		SetEmuVersion("PCSX2", (PCSX2_VersionHi << 24) | (PCSX2_VersionMid << 16) | (PCSX2_VersionLo << 8) | 0);
 
 	Name = fromUTF8( GetLibName() );
 	int version = GetLibVersion2( tbl_PluginInfo[pid].typemask );
diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/Panels/PluginSelectorPanel.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/Panels/PluginSelectorPanel.cpp
index 8ccaa39a64..3412e15ab8 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/Panels/PluginSelectorPanel.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/Panels/PluginSelectorPanel.cpp
@@ -642,20 +642,16 @@ void Panels::PluginSelectorPanel::OnConfigure_Clicked( wxCommandEvent& evt )
 		ScopedCoreThreadPause paused_core( new SysExecEvent_SaveSinglePlugin(pid) );
 		if (!CorePlugins.AreLoaded())
 		{
-			typedef void	(CALLBACK* SetDirFnptr)( const char* dir );
-
-			if( SetDirFnptr func = (SetDirFnptr)dynlib.GetSymbol( tbl_PluginInfo[pid].GetShortname() + L"setSettingsDir" ) )
-			{
-				func( GetSettingsFolder().ToString().mb_str(wxConvFile) );
-			}
-
-			if( SetDirFnptr func = (SetDirFnptr)dynlib.GetSymbol( tbl_PluginInfo[pid].GetShortname() + L"setLogDir" ) )
-			{
-				func( GetLogFolder().ToString().mb_str(wxConvFile) );
-			}
+			CorePlugins.Load(pid, filename);
+			CorePlugins.SendLogFolder();
+			CorePlugins.SendSettingsFolder();
+			configfunc();
+			CorePlugins.Unload(pid);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			configfunc();
 		}
-
-		configfunc();
 	}
 }