diff --git a/src/Exceptions/VendorAutoloadException.php b/src/Exceptions/VendorAutoloadException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b518f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Exceptions/VendorAutoloadException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?php namespace WpsMcloud\Exceptions;
+
+class VendorAutoloadException extends WpstudioMediaCloudTransformException
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/wpstudio-media-cloud-transform.php b/wpstudio-media-cloud-transform.php
index 1c6f20f..0fb28c1 100644
--- a/wpstudio-media-cloud-transform.php
+++ b/wpstudio-media-cloud-transform.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 
 use WpsMcloud\Actions;
+use WpsMcloud\Exceptions\VendorAutoloadException;
 use WpsMcloud\Pages;
 use WpsMcloud\Logger;
 
@@ -30,10 +31,23 @@ add_action('admin_menu', fn () => add_submenu_page(
 //        $ilabClassLoader = new Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader();
 //        $ilabLoader->unregister();
 
-        include 'vendor/autoload.php';
+        $localVendorAutoloadPath = 'vendor/autoload.php';
+        $projectVendorAutoloadPath = ABSPATH . 'vendor/autoload.php';
 
-        $dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__);
-        $dotenv->load();
+        if (file_exists($localVendorAutoloadPath)) {
+            include $localVendorAutoloadPath;
+        } elseif (file_exists($projectVendorAutoloadPath)) {
+            include $projectVendorAutoloadPath;
+        } else {
+            throw new VendorAutoloadException('Unable to find appropriate composer autoloader');
+        }
+
+        $dotEnvFile = __DIR__ . '/.env';
+
+        if (file_exists($dotEnvFile)) {
+            $dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable(__DIR__);
+            $dotenv->load();
+        }
 
         if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
             $logger = new Logger();