diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py b/InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py
index 33259dadf4..0de0c0aaec 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py
@@ -35,7 +35,19 @@ def get_plugin_error(error, do_raise: bool = False, do_log: bool = False, log_na
     try:
         package_name = pathlib.Path(package_path).relative_to(install_path).parts[0]
     except ValueError:
-        package_name = pathlib.Path(package_path).relative_to(settings.BASE_DIR)
+        # is file - loaded -> form a name for that
+        path_obj = pathlib.Path(package_path).relative_to(settings.BASE_DIR)
+        path_parts = [*path_obj.parts]
+        path_parts[-1] = path_parts[-1].replace(path_obj.suffix, '')  # remove suffix
+
+        # remove path preixes
+        if path_parts[0] == 'plugin':
+            path_parts.remove('plugin')
+            path_parts.pop(0)
+        else:
+            path_parts.remove('plugins')
+
+        package_name = '.'.join(path_parts)
 
     if do_log:
         log_kwargs = {}