diff --git a/Wox.Core/Plugin/PluginConfig.cs b/Wox.Core/Plugin/PluginConfig.cs
index 6d2cba1488..9cc9952cf1 100644
--- a/Wox.Core/Plugin/PluginConfig.cs
+++ b/Wox.Core/Plugin/PluginConfig.cs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ namespace Wox.Core.Plugin
 
         private static void ParseUserPlugins(string pluginDirectory)
         {
+            if (!Directory.Exists(pluginDirectory)) return;
 
             string[] directories = Directory.GetDirectories(pluginDirectory);
             foreach (string directory in directories)
@@ -138,4 +139,4 @@ namespace Wox.Core.Plugin
             return metadata;
         }
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Wox.Core/Plugin/PluginManager.cs b/Wox.Core/Plugin/PluginManager.cs
index 70d2918e26..cdf22a2181 100644
--- a/Wox.Core/Plugin/PluginManager.cs
+++ b/Wox.Core/Plugin/PluginManager.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading;
 using Wox.Infrastructure.Http;
+using Wox.Infrastructure.Logger;
 using Wox.Plugin;
 
 namespace Wox.Core.Plugin
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ namespace Wox.Core.Plugin
         static PluginManager()
         {
             pluginDirectories.Add(DefaultPluginDirectory);
+            pluginDirectories.Add(
+                Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location), "Plugins"));
+
             MakesurePluginDirectoriesExist();
         }
 
@@ -55,7 +59,14 @@ namespace Wox.Core.Plugin
             {
                 if (!Directory.Exists(pluginDirectory))
                 {
-                    Directory.CreateDirectory(pluginDirectory);
+                    try
+                    {
+                        Directory.CreateDirectory(pluginDirectory);
+                    }
+                    catch (System.Exception e)
+                    {
+                        Log.Error(e.Message);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/Wox/ThemeManager.cs b/Wox/ThemeManager.cs
index f4844bb009..270bb4aeeb 100644
--- a/Wox/ThemeManager.cs
+++ b/Wox/ThemeManager.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Windows;
 using System.Windows.Controls;
 using System.Windows.Media;
 using Wox.Helper;
+using Wox.Infrastructure.Logger;
 using Wox.Infrastructure.Storage.UserSettings;
 
 namespace Wox
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ namespace Wox
 
         static ThemeManager()
         {
+            themeDirectories.Add(Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location), "Themes"));
+
             string userProfilePath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USERPROFILE");
             if (userProfilePath != null)
             {
@@ -33,7 +36,14 @@ namespace Wox
             {
                 if (!Directory.Exists(pluginDirectory))
                 {
-                    Directory.CreateDirectory(pluginDirectory);
+                    try
+                    {
+                        Directory.CreateDirectory(pluginDirectory);
+                    }
+                    catch(Exception e)
+                    {
+                        Log.Error(e.Message);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }