diff --git a/MCGalaxy/MCGalaxy_.csproj b/MCGalaxy/MCGalaxy_.csproj
index 1932b4a08..c22715fb3 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/MCGalaxy_.csproj
+++ b/MCGalaxy/MCGalaxy_.csproj
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Server\Maintenance\ZipWriter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="util\Formatting\Wildcard.cs" />
     <Compile Include="util\ImageUtils.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="util\NetBackend.cs" />
     <Compile Include="util\NumberUtils.cs" />
     <Compile Include="util\OperatingSystem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Server\Server.cs" />
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Scripting/Scripting.cs b/MCGalaxy/Scripting/Scripting.cs
index 2d2727011..f5f3be350 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Scripting/Scripting.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Scripting/Scripting.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
+using MCGalaxy.Platform;
 
 namespace MCGalaxy.Scripting
 {
@@ -50,13 +51,11 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Scripting
         }
 
         // only used for resolving plugin DLLs depending on other plugin DLLs
-        static Assembly ResolvePluginAssembly(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args) {
-            Assembly requestingAssembly = null;
-            // This property only exists in .NET framework 4.0 and later
+        static Assembly ResolvePluginAssembly(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args) {
 #if !NET_20
-            requestingAssembly = args.RequestingAssembly;
-#endif
-
+            // This property only exists in .NET framework 4.0 and later
+            Assembly requestingAssembly = args.RequestingAssembly;
+            
             if (requestingAssembly == null)       return null;
             if (!IsPluginDLL(requestingAssembly)) return null;
 
@@ -68,21 +67,12 @@ namespace MCGalaxy.Scripting
                 if (args.Name == assem.FullName) return assem;
             }
 
-#if NETSTANDARD
-            // When there is a .deps.json, dotnet won't automatically always try looking in application's directory to resolve references
-            // https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/dependency-loading/default-probing?source=recommendations#how-are-the-properties-populated
-
-            try {
-                AssemblyName name = new AssemblyName(args.Name);
-                string path = name.Name + ".dll";
-                if (File.Exists(path)) return Assembly.LoadFrom(path);
-            } catch (Exception ex) {
-                Logger.LogError("Resolving plugin DLL reference", ex);
-            }
-#endif
+            Assembly coreRef = DotNetBackend.ResolvePluginReference(args.Name);
+            if (coreRef != null) return coreRef;
 
             Logger.Log(LogType.Warning, "Custom command/plugin [{0}] tried to load [{1}], but it could not be found",
                        requestingAssembly.FullName, args.Name);
+#endif
             return null;
         }
 
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/Server/Server.cs b/MCGalaxy/Server/Server.cs
index 419ee6c35..516b4175b 100644
--- a/MCGalaxy/Server/Server.cs
+++ b/MCGalaxy/Server/Server.cs
@@ -270,17 +270,8 @@ namespace MCGalaxy
         public static string GetRestartPath() {
 #if MCG_STANDALONE
             return GetRuntimeProcessExePath();
-#elif !NETSTANDARD
-            return RestartPath;
 #else
-            // NET core/5/6 executables tend to use the following structure:
-            //   MCGalaxyCLI_core --> MCGalaxyCLI_core.dll
-            // in this case, 'RestartPath' will include '.dll' since this file
-            //  is actually the managed assembly, but we need to remove '.dll'
-            //   as the actual executable which must be started is the non .dll file
-            string path = RestartPath;
-            if (path.CaselessEnds(".dll")) path = path.Substring(0, path.Length - 4);
-            return path;
+            return DotNetBackend.GetExePath(RestartPath);
 #endif
         }
 
diff --git a/MCGalaxy/util/NetBackend.cs b/MCGalaxy/util/NetBackend.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61fbb4465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MCGalaxy/util/NetBackend.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+    Copyright 2015 MCGalaxy
+    
+    Dual-licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 and
+    the GNU General Public License, Version 3 (the "Licenses"); you may
+    not use this file except in compliance with the Licenses. You may
+    obtain a copy of the Licenses at
+    
+    https://opensource.org/license/ecl-2-0/
+    https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
+    
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the Licenses are distributed on an "AS IS"
+    BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+    or implied. See the Licenses for the specific language governing
+    permissions and limitations under the Licenses.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace MCGalaxy.Platform
+{
+#if !NETSTANDARD
+    public static class DotNetBackend
+    {
+        public static void Init() { }
+        
+        public static string GetExePath(string path) {
+            return path;
+        }
+        
+        public static Assembly ResolvePluginReference(string name) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+#else
+    public static class DotNetBackend
+    {
+        public static void Init() {
+            NativeLibrary.SetDllImportResolver(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly(), ImportResolver);
+        }
+
+        static IntPtr ImportResolver(string libraryName, Assembly assembly, DllImportSearchPath? searchPath) {
+            return IntPtr.Zero;
+        }
+
+        
+        public static string GetExePath(string path) {
+            // NET core/5/6 executables tend to use the following structure:
+            //   MCGalaxyCLI_core --> MCGalaxyCLI_core.dll
+            // in this case, 'RestartPath' will include '.dll' since this file
+            //  is actually the managed assembly, but we need to remove '.dll'
+            //   as the actual executable which must be started is the non .dll file
+            if (path.CaselessEnds(".dll")) path = path.Substring(0, path.Length - 4);
+            return path;
+        }
+        
+        public static Assembly ResolvePluginReference(string name) {
+            // When there is a .deps.json, dotnet won't automatically always try looking in application's directory to resolve references
+            // https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/dependency-loading/default-probing?source=recommendations#how-are-the-properties-populated
+
+            try {
+                AssemblyName name = new AssemblyName(name);
+                string path = name.Name + ".dll";
+                if (File.Exists(path)) return Assembly.LoadFrom(path);
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                Logger.LogError("Resolving plugin DLL reference", ex);
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+}
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