diff --git a/Dalamud/Configuration/Internal/DalamudConfiguration.cs b/Dalamud/Configuration/Internal/DalamudConfiguration.cs
index 2188b553e..ed10572e4 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Configuration/Internal/DalamudConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Configuration/Internal/DalamudConfiguration.cs
@@ -85,9 +85,12 @@ namespace Dalamud.Configuration.Internal
         public List<string> HiddenPluginInternalName { get; set; } = new();
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets a list of additional settings for devPlugins.
+        /// Gets or sets a list of additional settings for devPlugins. The key is the absolute path
+        /// to the plugin DLL. This is automatically generated for any plugins in the devPlugins folder.
+        /// However by specifiying this value manually, you can add arbitrary files outside the normal
+        /// file paths.
         /// </summary>
-        public List<DevPluginSettings> DevPluginSettings { get; set; } = new();
+        public Dictionary<string, DevPluginSettings> DevPluginSettings { get; set; } = new();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the global UI scale.
diff --git a/Dalamud/Configuration/Internal/DevPluginSettings.cs b/Dalamud/Configuration/Internal/DevPluginSettings.cs
index fc6557da6..17350cba0 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Configuration/Internal/DevPluginSettings.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Configuration/Internal/DevPluginSettings.cs
@@ -5,21 +5,6 @@ namespace Dalamud.Configuration.Internal
     /// </summary>
     internal sealed class DevPluginSettings
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DevPluginSettings"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="dllFile">Filename of the DLL representing this plugin.</param>
-        public DevPluginSettings(string dllFile)
-        {
-            this.DllFile = dllFile;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the path to a plugin DLL. This is automatically generated for any plugins in the devPlugins folder. However by
-        /// specifiying this value manually, you can add arbitrary files outside the normal file paths.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string DllFile { get; set; }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether this plugin should automatically start when Dalamud boots up.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/LocalDevPlugin.cs b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/LocalDevPlugin.cs
index 58390270b..77b3be253 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/LocalDevPlugin.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Plugin/Internal/LocalDevPlugin.cs
@@ -33,18 +33,12 @@ namespace Dalamud.Plugin.Internal
         public LocalDevPlugin(Dalamud dalamud, FileInfo dllFile, LocalPluginManifest manifest)
             : base(dalamud, dllFile, manifest)
         {
-            // base is called first, ensuring that this is a valid plugin assembly
-            var devSettings = dalamud.Configuration.DevPluginSettings.FirstOrDefault(cfg => cfg.DllFile == dllFile.FullName);
-
-            if (devSettings == default)
+            if (!dalamud.Configuration.DevPluginSettings.TryGetValue(dllFile.FullName, out this.devSettings))
             {
-                devSettings = new DevPluginSettings(dllFile.FullName);
-                dalamud.Configuration.DevPluginSettings.Add(devSettings);
+                dalamud.Configuration.DevPluginSettings[dllFile.FullName] = this.devSettings = new DevPluginSettings();
                 dalamud.Configuration.Save();
             }
 
-            this.devSettings = devSettings;
-
             if (this.AutomaticReload)
             {
                 this.EnableReloading();