diff --git a/yt_dlp/_globals.py b/yt_dlp/_globals.py
index c91f07eca..da0095425 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/_globals.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/_globals.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ IN_CLI = ContextVar('IN_CLI', default=False)
 # `False`=force, `None`=disabled, `True`=enabled
 LAZY_EXTRACTORS = ContextVar('LAZY_EXTRACTORS', default=False)
 
+# `...`=search default plugin dirs
 plugin_dirs = ContextVar('plugin_dirs', default=(..., ))
 plugin_ies = ContextVar('plugin_ies', default={})
 plugin_overrides = ContextVar('plugin_overrides', default=defaultdict(list))
diff --git a/yt_dlp/plugins.py b/yt_dlp/plugins.py
index a9e7b08b3..a32929ccc 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/plugins.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/plugins.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ def load_plugins(plugin_type: PluginType):
     # Add the classes into the global plugin lookup for that type
     plugin_config.plugin_destination.set(regular_classes)
     # We want to prepend to the main lookup for that type
-    plugin_config.destination.set(merge_dicts(plugin_config.destination.get(), regular_classes))
+    plugin_config.destination.set(merge_dicts(regular_classes, plugin_config.destination.get()))
 
     return regular_classes