diff --git a/src/mods/PluginLoader.cpp b/src/mods/PluginLoader.cpp
index 742c31a9..f184cf3b 100644
--- a/src/mods/PluginLoader.cpp
+++ b/src/mods/PluginLoader.cpp
@@ -1261,7 +1261,8 @@ void PluginLoader::early_init() try {
     spdlog::info("[PluginLoader] Module path {}", utility::narrow(module_path));
 
     const auto plugin_path = Framework::get_persistent_dir() / "plugins";
-
+    const auto global_plugins_path = Framework::get_persistent_dir() / ".." / "UEVR" / "plugins";
+    
     spdlog::info("[PluginLoader] Creating directories {}", plugin_path.string());
 
     if (!fs::create_directories(plugin_path) && !fs::exists(plugin_path)) {
@@ -1272,6 +1273,24 @@ void PluginLoader::early_init() try {
 
     spdlog::info("[PluginLoader] Loading plugins...");
 
+    // Load all dlls in the global UEVR\plugins directory
+    for (auto&& entry : fs::directory_iterator{global_plugins_path}) {
+        auto&& path = entry.path();
+
+        if (path.has_extension() && path.extension() == ".dll") {
+            auto module = LoadLibrary(path.string().c_str());
+
+            if (module == nullptr) {
+                spdlog::error("[PluginLoader] Failed to load {}", path.string());
+                m_plugin_load_errors.emplace(path.stem().string(), "Failed to load");
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            spdlog::info("[PluginLoader] Loaded {}", path.string());
+            m_plugins.emplace(path.stem().string(), module);
+        }
+    }
+    
     // Load all dlls in the plugins directory.
     for (auto&& entry : fs::directory_iterator{plugin_path}) {
         auto&& path = entry.path();
@@ -1777,4 +1796,4 @@ bool PluginLoader::add_on_post_viewport_client_draw(UEVR_ViewportClient_DrawCb c
 
     m_on_post_viewport_client_draw_cbs.push_back(cb);
     return true;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/mods/vr/runtimes/OpenXR.cpp b/src/mods/vr/runtimes/OpenXR.cpp
index 6afb8e61..93df1bb8 100644
--- a/src/mods/vr/runtimes/OpenXR.cpp
+++ b/src/mods/vr/runtimes/OpenXR.cpp
@@ -983,12 +983,19 @@ std::optional<std::string> OpenXR::initialize_actions(const std::string& json_st
             }
         }
 
-        auto filename = controller + ".json";
+        auto profile_file = controller + ".json";
 
         // replace the slashes with underscores
-        std::replace(filename.begin(), filename.end(), '/', '_');
+        std::replace(profile_file.begin(), profile_file.end(), '/', '_');
+
+        // If the json exists in the game's profile dir, use that.    
+        auto filename = (Framework::get_persistent_dir() / profile_file).string();
 
-        filename = (Framework::get_persistent_dir() / filename).string();
+        // If not, check for global profile in UEVR\Profiles dir
+        if (!std::filesystem::exists(filename)) {
+          filename = (Framework::get_persistent_dir() / ".." / "UEVR" / "Profiles" / profile_file).string();
+          spdlog::info("[VR] Setting bindings file to {}", filename);
+        }
 
         // check if the file exists
         if (std::filesystem::exists(filename)) {