diff --git a/scripts/config.php b/scripts/config.php
index 03911b1..b384b74 100644
--- a/scripts/config.php
+++ b/scripts/config.php
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ if(isset($_GET['sendtest']) && $_GET['sendtest'] == "true") {
   $body = str_replace("\$overlap", $overlap, $body);
   $body = str_replace("\$flickrimage", $exampleimage, $body);
 
-  echo "<pre class=\"bash\">".shell_exec($home."/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/apprise -vv --plugin-path ".$home."/.apprise/plugins "." -t '".$title."' -b '".$body."' ".$attach." ".$cf." ")."</pre>";
+  echo "<pre class=\"bash\">".shell_exec($home."/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/apprise -vv -t '".$title."' -b '".$body."' ".$attach." ".$cf." ")."</pre>";
 
   die();
 }
diff --git a/scripts/utils/notifications.py b/scripts/utils/notifications.py
index 304f0d7..8ed3770 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/notifications.py
+++ b/scripts/utils/notifications.py
@@ -13,13 +13,7 @@ DB_PATH = userDir + '/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birds.db'
 flickr_images = {}
 species_last_notified = {}
 
-asset = apprise.AppriseAsset(
-    plugin_paths=[
-        userDir + "/.apprise/plugins",
-        userDir + "/.config/apprise/plugins",
-    ]
-)
-apobj = apprise.Apprise(asset=asset)
+apobj = apprise.Apprise()
 config = apprise.AppriseConfig()
 config.add(APPRISE_CONFIG)
 apobj.add(config)