diff --git a/lib/services/android-project-service.ts b/lib/services/android-project-service.ts
index 21aa7de351..5c1d7eab9a 100644
--- a/lib/services/android-project-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/android-project-service.ts
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ class AndroidProjectService extends projectServiceBaseLib.PlatformProjectService
 			let libProjProp = path.join(libraryPath, "project.properties");
 			if (this.$fs.exists(libProjProp).wait()) {
 				this.updateProjectReferences(this.platformData.projectRoot, targetLibPath).wait();
+				this.runAndroidUpdate(targetLibPath, this.getTarget(this.platformData.projectRoot).wait()).wait();
 			}
 		}).future<void>()();
 	}
diff --git a/lib/services/plugins-service.ts b/lib/services/plugins-service.ts
index c87af0d611..f51af50f5a 100644
--- a/lib/services/plugins-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/plugins-service.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export class PluginsService implements IPluginsService {
 		let pluginData: any = {};
 		pluginData.name = cacheData.name;
 		pluginData.version = cacheData.version;
-		pluginData.fullPath = path.dirname(this.getPackageJsonFilePathForModule(cacheData.name));
+		pluginData.fullPath = cacheData.directory || path.dirname(this.getPackageJsonFilePathForModule(cacheData.name));
 		pluginData.isPlugin = !!cacheData.nativescript;
 		pluginData.pluginPlatformsFolderPath = (platform: string) => path.join(pluginData.fullPath, "platforms", platform);
 		
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7272861d27..886abf1ad7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "nativescript",
   "preferGlobal": true,
-  "version": "1.2.3",
+  "version": "1.2.4",
   "author": "Telerik <support@telerik.com>",
   "description": "Command-line interface for building NativeScript projects",
   "bin": {