diff --git a/src/mods/VR.cpp b/src/mods/VR.cpp
index acdb0e66..3b4a5e3d 100644
--- a/src/mods/VR.cpp
+++ b/src/mods/VR.cpp
@@ -118,8 +118,25 @@ std::optional<std::string> VR::initialize_openvr() {
             m_openvr->error = "OpenXR already loaded";
             return Mod::on_initialize();
         }
+  if (GetModuleHandleW(L"openvr_api.dll") == nullptr) {
+        HMODULE openvr_handle = nullptr;
+        const auto module_path = Framework::get_persistent_dir("..\\uevr\\openvr_api.dll");
+        //SetDllDirectoryW(module_path.parent_path().c_str());
+        openvr_handle = LoadLibraryW(module_path.c_str());
+        
+          if (GetModuleHandleW(L"openvr_api.dll") == nullptr && GetModuleHandleW( module_path.c_str() ) == nullptr) {
+        if (utility::load_module_from_current_directory(L"openvr_api.dll") == nullptr) {
+            spdlog::info("[VR] Could not load openvr_api.dll");
 
+            m_openvr->loaded = false;
+            m_openvr->error = "Could not load openvr_api.dll";
 
+            return std::nullopt;
+            }
+        }
+        //else 
+        //SetDllDirectoryW(nullptr);
+  }
         if (utility::load_module_from_current_directory(L"openvr_api.dll") == nullptr) {
             spdlog::info("[VR] Could not load openvr_api.dll");
 
@@ -249,6 +266,15 @@ std::optional<std::string> VR::initialize_openxr() {
     spdlog::info("[VR] Initializing OpenXR");
 
     if (GetModuleHandleW(L"openxr_loader.dll") == nullptr) {
+        HMODULE openxr_handle = nullptr;
+        // Glad that this just works
+        const auto module_path = Framework::get_persistent_dir("..\\uevr\\openxr_loader.dll");
+        // temporarily set override dir to mod path. will experiment with doing this earlier to see if we can just ignore any game engine plugins without the nullifier
+       // SetDllDirectoryW(module_path.parent_path().c_str());
+        // must use this flag to use set or add directory
+        openxr_handle = LoadLibraryW(module_path.c_str());
+        // one might be tempted to use GetModuleHandleExW here but that's actually for loading from memory locations
+        if (GetModuleHandleW(L"openxr_loader.dll") == nullptr && GetModuleHandleW(module_path.c_str()) == nullptr) {
         if (utility::load_module_from_current_directory(L"openxr_loader.dll") == nullptr) {
             spdlog::info("[VR] Could not load openxr_loader.dll");
 
@@ -256,7 +282,10 @@ std::optional<std::string> VR::initialize_openxr() {
             m_openxr->error = "Could not load openxr_loader.dll";
 
             return std::nullopt;
+            }
         }
+        // unset override to restore normal dll path searching
+       // SetDllDirectoryW(nullptr);
     }
 
     if (g_framework->is_dx12()) {
@@ -2398,7 +2427,8 @@ void VR::on_draw_sidebar_entry(std::string_view name) {
 
         ImGui::TextWrapped("Render Resolution (per-eye): %d x %d", get_runtime()->get_width(), get_runtime()->get_height());
         ImGui::TextWrapped("Total Render Resolution: %d x %d", get_runtime()->get_width() * 2, get_runtime()->get_height());
-
+        ImGui::TextWrapped("Total Render Width: %d", get_runtime()->get_width() * 2);
+        ImGui::TextWrapped("Total Render Height: %d", get_runtime()->get_height());
         if (get_runtime()->is_openvr()) {
             ImGui::TextWrapped("Resolution can be changed in SteamVR");
         }