diff --git a/scripts/install.mjs b/scripts/install.mjs
index 857702b..02532a2 100755
--- a/scripts/install.mjs
+++ b/scripts/install.mjs
@@ -197,12 +197,10 @@ if (mode === "install") {
   ok("plugin configured");
 
   step(5, 7, "configure no-reply provider");
-  const providers = getJson("models.providers") || {};
-  providers[NO_REPLY_PROVIDER_ID] = {
+  setJson(`models.providers.${NO_REPLY_PROVIDER_ID}`, {
     baseUrl: NO_REPLY_BASE_URL, apiKey: NO_REPLY_API_KEY, api: "openai-completions",
     models: [{ id: NO_REPLY_MODEL_ID, name: `${NO_REPLY_MODEL_ID} (Custom Provider)`, reasoning: false, input: ["text"], cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0 }, contextWindow: 200000, maxTokens: 8192 }],
-  };
-  setJson("models.providers", providers);
+  });
   ok("provider configured");
 
   step(6, 7, "add no-reply model to allowlist");
@@ -229,10 +227,8 @@ if (mode === "uninstall") {
   ok("removed plugin entry");
 
   step(2, 4, "remove plugin load path");
-  const plugins = getJson("plugins") || {};
-  const paths = Array.isArray(plugins?.load?.paths) ? plugins.load.paths : [];
-  plugins.load = plugins.load || {}; plugins.load.paths = paths.filter((p) => p !== PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR);
-  setJson("plugins", plugins);
+  const paths = getJson("plugins.load.paths") || [];
+  setJson("plugins.load.paths", paths.filter((p) => p !== PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR));
   ok("removed load path");
 
   step(3, 4, "remove installed files");