diff --git a/plugins/win-capture/game-capture.c b/plugins/win-capture/game-capture.c
index a47f4912e..fb28336f1 100644
--- a/plugins/win-capture/game-capture.c
+++ b/plugins/win-capture/game-capture.c
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ static inline bool inject_hook(struct game_capture *gc)
 	} else {
 		info("using helper (%s hook)",
 		     use_anticheat(gc) ? "compatibility" : "direct");
-		success = create_inject_process(gc, inject_path, hook_dll);
+		success = create_inject_process(gc, inject_path, hook_path);
 	}
 
 cleanup:
diff --git a/plugins/win-capture/inject-helper/inject-helper.c b/plugins/win-capture/inject-helper/inject-helper.c
index e35042b48..636350ce6 100644
--- a/plugins/win-capture/inject-helper/inject-helper.c
+++ b/plugins/win-capture/inject-helper/inject-helper.c
@@ -109,12 +109,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv_ansi[])
 	if (argv && argc == 4) {
 		DWORD size = GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, dll_path, MAX_PATH);
 		if (size) {
-			wchar_t *name_start = wcsrchr(dll_path, '\\');
-			if (name_start) {
-				*(++name_start) = 0;
-				wcscpy(name_start, argv[1]);
-				ret = inject_helper(argv, dll_path);
-			}
+			ret = inject_helper(argv, argv[1]);
 		}
 	}
 	LocalFree(argv);