diff --git a/lib/services/plugins-service.ts b/lib/services/plugins-service.ts
index 90314c499f..f8daa6ff05 100644
--- a/lib/services/plugins-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/plugins-service.ts
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ export class PluginsService implements IPluginsService {
 
 	private getNodeModuleData(module: string): IFuture<INodeModuleData> { // module can be  modulePath or moduleName
 		return (() => {
-			if(!this.$fs.exists(module).wait()) {
+			if(!this.$fs.exists(module).wait() || path.basename(module) !== "package.json") {
 				module = this.getPackageJsonFilePathForModule(module);
 			}