diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java
index 04e88a40c..39718a0cf 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/configuration/Settings.java
@@ -435,6 +435,11 @@ public class Settings extends Config {
 
         public static String SCHEMATICS = "schematics";
         public static String TEMPLATES = "templates";
+        @Comment({"If schematics used for generation should be searched for in the path.schematics location",
+                " - This settings exists and is `false` by default for backwards compatibility.",
+                " - If false then generation schematics must be located in `schematics`",
+                " - Schematics must still always be under GEN_ROAD_SCHEMATIC/<world> etc."})
+        public static boolean USE_SCHEMATICS_PATH_FOR_GEN_SCHEMATICS = false;
 
     }
 
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/generator/HybridPlotWorld.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/generator/HybridPlotWorld.java
index d0ebd643b..326bf7284 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/generator/HybridPlotWorld.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/plotsquared/core/generator/HybridPlotWorld.java
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ public class HybridPlotWorld extends ClassicPlotWorld {
     @NonNull
     @Override
     protected PlotManager createManager() {
-        return new HybridPlotManager(this, PlotSquared.platform().regionManager(),
+        return new HybridPlotManager(
+                this, PlotSquared.platform().regionManager(),
                 PlotSquared.platform().injector().getInstance(ProgressSubscriberFactory.class)
         );
     }
@@ -215,15 +216,16 @@ public class HybridPlotWorld extends ClassicPlotWorld {
 
         // Try to determine root. This means that plot areas can have separate schematic
         // directories
+        String schematicFolder = Settings.Paths.USE_SCHEMATICS_PATH_FOR_GEN_SCHEMATICS ? Settings.Paths.SCHEMATICS : "schematics";
         if (!(root =
                 FileUtils.getFile(
                         PlotSquared.platform().getDirectory(),
-                        "schematics/GEN_ROAD_SCHEMATIC/" + this.getWorldName() + "/" + this.getId()
+                        schematicFolder + File.separator + "GEN_ROAD_SCHEMATIC" + File.separator + this.getWorldName() + File.separator + this.getId()
                 ))
                 .exists()) {
             root = FileUtils.getFile(
                     PlotSquared.platform().getDirectory(),
-                    "schematics/GEN_ROAD_SCHEMATIC/" + this.getWorldName()
+                    schematicFolder + File.separator + "GEN_ROAD_SCHEMATIC" + File.separator + this.getWorldName()
             );
         }