diff --git a/panels/effectcontrols.cpp b/panels/effectcontrols.cpp
index 1e3e6a857..c6a8740b1 100644
--- a/panels/effectcontrols.cpp
+++ b/panels/effectcontrols.cpp
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ void EffectControls::show_effect_menu(int type, int subtype) {
 	effects_loaded.lock();
 
 	QMenu effects_menu(this);
+	effects_menu.setToolTipsVisible(true);
+
 	for (int i=0;i<effects.size();i++) {
 		const EffectMeta& em = effects.at(i);
 
@@ -162,6 +164,9 @@ void EffectControls::show_effect_menu(int type, int subtype) {
 			QAction* action = new QAction(&effects_menu);
 			action->setText(em.name);
 			action->setData(reinterpret_cast<quintptr>(&em));
+			if (!em.tooltip.isEmpty()) {
+				action->setToolTip(em.tooltip);
+			}
 
 			QMenu* parent = &effects_menu;
 			if (!em.category.isEmpty()) {
@@ -178,6 +183,7 @@ void EffectControls::show_effect_menu(int type, int subtype) {
 				}
 				if (!found) {
 					parent = new QMenu(&effects_menu);
+					parent->setToolTipsVisible(true);
 					parent->setTitle(em.category);
 
 					bool found = false;
diff --git a/project/effect.cpp b/project/effect.cpp
index 443ed2d5f..4ba72f4d8 100644
--- a/project/effect.cpp
+++ b/project/effect.cpp
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ EffectGizmo *Effect::gizmo(int i) {
 	return gizmos.at(i);
 }
 
-int Effect::gizmo_count(){
+int Effect::gizmo_count() {
 	return gizmos.size();
 }
 
diff --git a/project/effect.h b/project/effect.h
index 72baa3b07..cc48d9d72 100644
--- a/project/effect.h
+++ b/project/effect.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct EffectMeta {
 	QString category;
 	QString filename;
 	QString path;
+	QString tooltip;
 	int internal;
 	int type;
 	int subtype;
diff --git a/project/effectloaders.cpp b/project/effectloaders.cpp
index 83616e3cd..b434eda86 100644
--- a/project/effectloaders.cpp
+++ b/project/effectloaders.cpp
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ void load_frei0r_effects_worker(const QString& dir, EffectMeta& em, QVector<QStr
 							em.name = info.name;
 							em.path = dir;
 							em.filename = entry_list.at(j);
+							em.tooltip = QString("%1\n%2\n%3\n%4").arg(em.name, info.author, info.explanation, em.filename);
+
+							loaded_names.append(em.name);
 
 							effects.append(em);
 						}
@@ -203,18 +206,12 @@ void load_frei0r_effects_worker(const QString& dir, EffectMeta& em, QVector<QStr
 
 void load_frei0r_effects() {
 	QList<QString> effect_dirs = get_effects_paths();
-	int lim = effect_dirs.size();
-
-	// add extra search paths for frei0r effects
-	for (int i=0;i<lim;i++) {
-		effect_dirs.append(QDir(effect_dirs.at(i)).filePath("frei0r"));
-	}
 
 	// add defined paths for frei0r plugins on unix
 #if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__linux__)
-	effect_dirs.append(QDir::homePath() + "/.frei0r-1/lib");
-	effect_dirs.append("/usr/local/lib/frei0r-1");
-	effect_dirs.append("/usr/lib/frei0r-1");
+	effect_dirs.prepend("/usr/lib/frei0r-1");
+	effect_dirs.prepend("/usr/local/lib/frei0r-1");
+	effect_dirs.prepend(QDir::homePath() + "/.frei0r-1/lib");
 #endif
 
 	QVector<QString> loaded_names;