diff --git a/lib/plugin/instance.rb b/lib/plugin/instance.rb
index 8482ff0210..826d111d65 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/instance.rb
+++ b/lib/plugin/instance.rb
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ class Plugin::Instance
   end
 
   def auto_generated_path
-    File.dirname(path) << "/auto_generated"
+    "#{Rails.root}/public/assets/auto_generated_plugin_assets/#{name}"
   end
 
   def after_initialize(&block)