diff --git a/packages/desktop/app/javascripts/Main/Packages/PackageManager.ts b/packages/desktop/app/javascripts/Main/Packages/PackageManager.ts
index 11265b932..e2da9c5a8 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/app/javascripts/Main/Packages/PackageManager.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/app/javascripts/Main/Packages/PackageManager.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import {
   deleteDir,
   deleteDirContents,
   ensureDirectoryExists,
-  extractNestedZip,
+  extractZip,
   FileDoesNotExist,
+  moveDirContents,
   readJSONFile,
 } from '../Utils/FileUtils'
 import { timeout } from '../Utils/Utils'
@@ -267,6 +268,30 @@ async function checkForUpdate(webContents: Electron.WebContents, mapping: Mappin
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Some plugin zips may be served directly from GitHub's Releases feature, which automatically generates a zip file.
+ * However, the actual assets end up being nested inside a root level folder within that zip.
+ * We can detect if we have a legacy nested structure if after unzipping the zip we end up with
+ * only 1 entry and that entry is a folder.
+ */
+async function usesLegacyNestedFolderStructure(dir: string) {
+  const fileNames = await fs.promises.readdir(dir)
+  if (fileNames.length > 1) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  const stat = fs.lstatSync(path.join(dir, fileNames[0]))
+  return stat.isDirectory()
+}
+
+async function unnestLegacyStructure(dir: string) {
+  const fileNames = await fs.promises.readdir(dir)
+  const sourceDir = path.join(dir, fileNames[0])
+  const destDir = dir
+
+  await moveDirContents(sourceDir, destDir)
+}
+
 async function installComponent(
   webContents: Electron.WebContents,
   mapping: MappingFileHandler,
@@ -312,7 +337,12 @@ async function installComponent(
     ])
 
     logMessage('Extracting', paths.downloadPath, 'to', paths.absolutePath)
-    await extractNestedZip(paths.downloadPath, paths.absolutePath)
+    await extractZip(paths.downloadPath, paths.absolutePath)
+
+    const legacyStructure = await usesLegacyNestedFolderStructure(paths.absolutePath)
+    if (legacyStructure) {
+      await unnestLegacyStructure(paths.absolutePath)
+    }
 
     let main = 'index.html'
     try {
diff --git a/packages/desktop/app/javascripts/Main/Utils/FileUtils.ts b/packages/desktop/app/javascripts/Main/Utils/FileUtils.ts
index b2917f150..e0e2cec9d 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/app/javascripts/Main/Utils/FileUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/app/javascripts/Main/Utils/FileUtils.ts
@@ -169,31 +169,37 @@ export async function moveDirContents(srcDir: string, destDir: string): Promise<
   )
 }
 
-export async function extractNestedZip(source: string, dest: string): Promise<void> {
+export async function extractZip(source: string, dest: string): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     yauzl.open(source, { lazyEntries: true, autoClose: true }, (err, zipFile) => {
       let cancelled = false
+
       const tryReject = (err: Error) => {
         if (!cancelled) {
           cancelled = true
           reject(err)
         }
       }
+
       if (err) {
         return tryReject(err)
       }
+
       if (!zipFile) {
         return tryReject(new Error('zipFile === undefined'))
       }
 
       zipFile.readEntry()
+
       zipFile.on('close', resolve)
+
       zipFile.on('entry', (entry) => {
         if (cancelled) {
           return
         }
-        if (entry.fileName.endsWith('/')) {
-          /** entry is a directory, skip and read next entry */
+
+        const isEntryDirectory = entry.fileName.endsWith('/')
+        if (isEntryDirectory) {
           zipFile.readEntry()
           return
         }
@@ -202,21 +208,19 @@ export async function extractNestedZip(source: string, dest: string): Promise<vo
           if (cancelled) {
             return
           }
+
           if (err) {
             return tryReject(err)
           }
+
           if (!stream) {
             return tryReject(new Error('stream === undefined'))
           }
+
           stream.on('error', tryReject)
-          const filepath = path.join(
-            dest,
-            /**
-             * Remove the first element of the entry's path, which is the base
-             * directory we want to ignore
-             */
-            entry.fileName.substring(entry.fileName.indexOf('/') + 1),
-          )
+
+          const filepath = path.join(dest, entry.fileName)
+
           try {
             await ensureDirectoryExists(path.dirname(filepath))
           } catch (error: any) {
diff --git a/packages/desktop/test/fileUtils.spec.ts b/packages/desktop/test/fileUtils.spec.ts
index bb7b89722..511818990 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/test/fileUtils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/test/fileUtils.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import path from 'path'
 import {
   deleteDir,
   ensureDirectoryExists,
-  extractNestedZip,
+  extractZip,
   FileDoesNotExist,
   moveDirContents,
   readJSONFile,
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ test.afterEach(async () => {
 })
 
 test('extracts a zip and unnests the folders by one level', async (t) => {
-  await extractNestedZip(path.join(dataPath, 'zip-file.zip'), zipFileDestination)
+  await extractZip(path.join(dataPath, 'zip-file.zip'), zipFileDestination)
   t.deepEqual(await fs.readdir(zipFileDestination), ['package.json', 'test-file.txt'])
 })