diff --git a/lib/helpers.bash b/lib/helpers.bash
index ea37dac3..16b31946 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.bash
+++ b/lib/helpers.bash
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ _bash-it-describe ()
     for f in "${BASH_IT}/$subdirectory/available/"*.bash
     do
         # Check for both the old format without the load priority, and the extended format with the priority
-        if [ -e "${BASH_IT}/$subdirectory/enabled/"$(basename $f) ] || [ -e "${BASH_IT}/$subdirectory/enabled/"*$BASH_IT_LOAD_PRIORITY_SEPARATOR$(basename $f) ]; then
+        if [ -e "${BASH_IT}/enabled/"*$BASH_IT_LOAD_PRIORITY_SEPARATOR$(basename $f) ] || [ -e "${BASH_IT}/$subdirectory/enabled/"$(basename $f) ] || [ -e "${BASH_IT}/$subdirectory/enabled/"*$BASH_IT_LOAD_PRIORITY_SEPARATOR$(basename $f) ]; then
             enabled='x'
         else
             enabled=' '
diff --git a/test/lib/helpers.bats b/test/lib/helpers.bats
index 14d45b0e..a3900963 100644
--- a/test/lib/helpers.bats
+++ b/test/lib/helpers.bats
@@ -388,6 +388,20 @@ function __migrate_all_components() {
   _bash-it-plugins | grep "nvm" | grep "\[x\]"
 }
 
+@test "bash-it: describe the nvm plugin after enabling it in the old directory" {
+  ln -s $BASH_IT/plugins/available/nvm.plugin.bash $BASH_IT/plugins/enabled/nvm.plugin.bash
+  assert [ -L "$BASH_IT/plugins/enabled/nvm.plugin.bash" ]
+
+  _bash-it-plugins | grep "nvm" | grep "\[x\]"
+}
+
+@test "bash-it: describe the nvm plugin after enabling it in the old directory with priority" {
+  ln -s $BASH_IT/plugins/available/nvm.plugin.bash $BASH_IT/plugins/enabled/225---nvm.plugin.bash
+  assert [ -L "$BASH_IT/plugins/enabled/225---nvm.plugin.bash" ]
+
+  _bash-it-plugins | grep "nvm" | grep "\[x\]"
+}
+
 @test "bash-it: describe the todo.txt-cli aliases without enabling them" {
   run _bash-it-aliases
   assert_line "todo.txt-cli          [ ]     todo.txt-cli abbreviations"