diff --git a/src/utils/classes/Plugin.ts b/src/utils/classes/Plugin.ts
index 57dca5da..18833e23 100644
--- a/src/utils/classes/Plugin.ts
+++ b/src/utils/classes/Plugin.ts
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ export class Plugin {
 	private _translations: { [key: string]: BaseTranslation }
 
 	constructor(path: string) {
-		this._path = path
+		this._path = path.replace('file://', '')
 	}
 
 	public async load(): Promise<void> {
 		// check if the plugin.json is present
-		if (!await fs.existsSync(`${this._path}/plugin.json`))
+		if (!fs.existsSync(`${this._path}/plugin.json`))
 			return this.stopLoad('plugin.json not found')
 
 		// read plugin.json
diff --git a/src/utils/types/environment.ts b/src/utils/types/environment.ts
index 9957ab00..c35a13b8 100644
--- a/src/utils/types/environment.ts
+++ b/src/utils/types/environment.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ export const env = cleanEnv(process.env, {
 
 export function checkEnvironmentVariables() {
 	const config = mikroORMConfig[env.NODE_ENV]
+
 	// @ts-expect-error
 	const isSqliteDatabase = !!config.dbName && !config.port
-	if (isSqliteDatabase) {
+	if (!isSqliteDatabase) {
 		cleanEnv(process.env, {
 			DATABASE_HOST: str(),
 			DATABASE_PORT: num(),