diff --git a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/publish/lib.py b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/publish/lib.py
index 048109e3ea..49ecab2221 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/pipeline/publish/lib.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/pipeline/publish/lib.py
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ def get_plugin_settings(plugin, project_settings, log, category=None):
     # Settings category determined from path
     # - usually path is './<category>/plugins/publish/<plugin file>'
     # - category can be host name of addon name ('maya', 'deadline', ...)
-    filepath = os.path.normpath(inspect.getfile(plugin.__class__))
+    filepath = os.path.normpath(inspect.getfile(plugin))
 
     split_path = filepath.rsplit(os.path.sep, 5)
     if len(split_path) < 4: