diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 8643f52..8589791 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ application {
     mainClass.set("br.com.felipezorzo.zpa.cli.MainKt")
 }
 
-val copyDependencies = tasks.create<Sync>("copyDependencies") {
-    from(configurations.runtimeClasspath)
-    into(layout.buildDirectory.dir("dependencies/flat"))
-}
-tasks["assemble"].dependsOn(copyDependencies)
-
 publishing {
     repositories {
         maven {
@@ -190,11 +184,13 @@ jreleaser {
 
                     path.set(file(jdkPath))
                 }
-                mainJar {
-                    path.set(file("build/libs/zpa-cli-{{projectVersion}}.jar"))
+                javaArchive {
+                    path = "build/distributions/zpa-cli-{{projectVersion}}.tar"
                 }
-                jars {
-                    pattern.set("build/dependencies/flat/*.jar")
+                fileSet {
+                    input = "src/dist/plugins"
+                    output = "plugins"
+                    includes = listOf("*")
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/dist/plugins/README.txt b/src/dist/plugins/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3d102b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dist/plugins/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Put your custom plugins in this directory.
+
+Follow the instructions at https://github.com/felipebz/zpa/wiki/Create-a-plugin-with-custom-rules to create a custom plugin with additional rules.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/br/com/felipezorzo/zpa/cli/Main.kt b/src/main/kotlin/br/com/felipezorzo/zpa/cli/Main.kt
index 7cc9097..4666c09 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/br/com/felipezorzo/zpa/cli/Main.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/br/com/felipezorzo/zpa/cli/Main.kt
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@ import org.sonar.plugins.plsqlopen.api.PlSqlFile
 import org.sonar.plugins.plsqlopen.api.checks.PlSqlVisitor
 import java.io.File
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.util.*
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import java.util.logging.LogManager
 import java.util.stream.Collectors
+import kotlin.io.path.absolute
+import kotlin.io.path.extension
+import kotlin.io.path.name
 import kotlin.system.measureTimeMillis
 import br.com.felipezorzo.zpa.cli.sqissue.Issue as GenericIssue
 
@@ -40,7 +44,14 @@ class Main(private val args: Arguments) {
             LogManager.getLogManager().readConfiguration(it)
         }
 
-        val pluginManager = PluginManager()
+        val codePath = Path.of(Main::class.java.protectionDomain.codeSource.location.path).absolute()
+        val appHome = if (codePath.extension == "jar" && (codePath.parent.name == "lib" || codePath.parent.name == "jars")) {
+            codePath.parent.parent.name
+        } else {
+            "."
+        }
+
+        val pluginManager = PluginManager(Path.of(appHome, "plugins"))
         pluginManager.loadPlugins()
         pluginManager.startPlugins()
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/br/com/felipezorzo/zpa/cli/plugin/PluginManager.kt b/src/main/kotlin/br/com/felipezorzo/zpa/cli/plugin/PluginManager.kt
index 41fe180..f7e8ca8 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/br/com/felipezorzo/zpa/cli/plugin/PluginManager.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/br/com/felipezorzo/zpa/cli/plugin/PluginManager.kt
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ package br.com.felipezorzo.zpa.cli.plugin
 
 import org.pf4j.DefaultPluginManager
 import org.pf4j.PluginDescriptorFinder
+import java.nio.file.Path
 
-class PluginManager: DefaultPluginManager() {
+class PluginManager(pluginRoot: Path): DefaultPluginManager(pluginRoot) {
 
     override fun createPluginDescriptorFinder(): PluginDescriptorFinder {
         return ZpaPluginDescriptorFinder()