diff --git a/src/Manager.cc b/src/Manager.cc
index b77c485c..9aa45a52 100644
--- a/src/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/Manager.cc
@@ -1096,12 +1096,12 @@ void ManagerPrivate::LoadPlugin(const tinyxml2::XMLElement *_elem)
   std::string homePath;
   gz::common::env(IGN_HOMEDIR, homePath);
 
-  // TODO(CH3): Deprecated. Remove on ticktock.
   systemPaths.AddPluginPaths(
-    gz::common::joinPaths(homePath, ".ignition", "gazebo", "plugins"));
+    gz::common::joinPaths(homePath, ".gz", "sim", "plugins"));
 
+  // TODO(CH3): Deprecated. Remove on ticktock.
   systemPaths.AddPluginPaths(
-    gz::common::joinPaths(homePath, ".gz", "sim", "plugins"));
+    gz::common::joinPaths(homePath, ".ignition", "gazebo", "plugins"));
 
   std::string pathToLib;
   if (common::exists(file))
@@ -1116,6 +1116,13 @@ void ManagerPrivate::LoadPlugin(const tinyxml2::XMLElement *_elem)
     // GZ_LAUNCH_PLUGIN_PATH
     systemPaths.SetPluginPathEnv("IGN_LAUNCH_PLUGIN_PATH");
     pathToLib = systemPaths.FindSharedLibrary(file);
+
+    if (!pathToLib.empty())
+    {
+      gzwarn << "Found plugin [" << pathToLib
+      << "] using deprecated environment variable [IGN_LAUNCH_PLUGIN_PATH]."
+         " Please use [GZ_LAUNCH_PLUGIN_PATH] instead." << std::endl;
+    }
   }
 
   if (pathToLib.empty())
@@ -1125,12 +1132,6 @@ void ManagerPrivate::LoadPlugin(const tinyxml2::XMLElement *_elem)
       << "variable.\n";
     return;
   }
-  else
-  {
-    gzwarn << "Found plugin [" << pathToLib
-    << "] using deprecated environment variable [IGN_LAUNCH_PLUGIN_PATH]."
-       " Please use [GZ_LAUNCH_PLUGIN_PATH] instead." << std::endl;
-  }
 
   plugin::Loader loader;
   std::unordered_set<std::string> localPlugins = loader.LoadLib(pathToLib);