diff --git a/extensions/oni-plugin-prettier/index.js b/extensions/oni-plugin-prettier/index.js
index 7836cbdf7e..45d9a72113 100644
--- a/extensions/oni-plugin-prettier/index.js
+++ b/extensions/oni-plugin-prettier/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const path = require("path")
-const prettier = require("prettier")
+const { requireLocalPkg } = require("./requirePackage")
 
 // Helper functions
 const compose = (...fns) => argument => fns.reduceRight((arg, fn) => fn(arg), argument)
@@ -19,17 +19,25 @@ const isCompatible = (allowedFiletypes, defaultFiletypes) => filePath => {
     return filetypes.includes(extension)
 }
 
-const getSupportedLanguages = async () => {
+const getSupportedLanguages = async prettier => {
     const info = await prettier.getSupportInfo()
     return flatten(info.languages.map(lang => lang.extensions))
 }
 
 const activate = async Oni => {
+    // Prettier Module to Use - local or oni-bundled
+    let PrettierModule = requireLocalPkg(process.cwd(), "prettier")
+
     const config = Oni.configuration.getValue("oni.plugins.prettier")
     const prettierItem = Oni.statusBar.createItem(0, "oni.plugins.prettier")
 
+    // Update Prettier Module to use when oni dir changes
+    Oni.workspace.onDirectoryChanged.subscribe(dir => {
+        PrettierModule = requireLocalPkg(dir, "prettier")
+    })
+
     const applyPrettierWithState = applyPrettier()
-    const defaultFiletypes = await getSupportedLanguages()
+    const defaultFiletypes = await getSupportedLanguages(PrettierModule)
 
     const callback = async () => {
         const isNormalMode = Oni.editors.activeEditor.mode === "normal"
@@ -48,7 +56,7 @@ const activate = async Oni => {
             throw new Error(`No buffer path passed for prettier to check for a Prettierrc`)
         }
         try {
-            return await prettier.resolveConfig(bufferPath)
+            return await PrettierModule.resolveConfig(bufferPath)
         } catch (e) {
             throw new Error(`Error parsing config file, ${e}`)
         }
@@ -95,7 +103,7 @@ const activate = async Oni => {
                 const prettierConfig = eitherOr(prettierrc, config.settings)
 
                 // Pass in the file path so prettier can infer the correct parser to use
-                const { formatted, cursorOffset } = prettier.formatWithCursor(
+                const { formatted, cursorOffset } = PrettierModule.formatWithCursor(
                     join(arrayOfLines),
                     Object.assign({ filepath: activeBuffer.filePath }, prettierConfig, {
                         cursorOffset: activeBuffer.cursorOffset,
@@ -158,7 +166,6 @@ function createPrettierComponent(Oni, onClick) {
         paddingLeft: "8px",
         paddingRight: "8px",
         color: "white",
-        backgroundColor: foreground,
     }
 
     const prettierIcon = (type = "magic") =>
diff --git a/extensions/oni-plugin-prettier/package.json b/extensions/oni-plugin-prettier/package.json
index a4dfce72e7..e9d703d0d5 100644
--- a/extensions/oni-plugin-prettier/package.json
+++ b/extensions/oni-plugin-prettier/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
         ]
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "prettier": "^1.11.1"
+        "prettier": "^1.13.6",
+        "read-pkg-up": "^4.0.0",
+        "resolve": "^1.8.1"
     },
     "devDependencies": {}
 }
diff --git a/extensions/oni-plugin-prettier/requirePackage.js b/extensions/oni-plugin-prettier/requirePackage.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ef61f9374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/oni-plugin-prettier/requirePackage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+const path = require("path")
+const resolve = require("resolve")
+const readPkgUp = require("read-pkg-up")
+
+// CREDIT: Shamelessly *borrowed* from prettier-vscode
+
+/**
+ * Recursively search for a package.json upwards containing given package
+ * as a dependency or devDependency.
+ * @param {string} fspath file system path to start searching from
+ * @param {string} pkgName package's name to search for
+ * @returns {string} resolved path to prettier
+ */
+function findPkg(fspath = process.cwd(), pkgName) {
+    const res = readPkgUp.sync({ cwd: fspath, normalize: false })
+    const { root } = path.parse(fspath)
+    if (
+        res.pkg &&
+        ((res.pkg.dependencies && res.pkg.dependencies[pkgName]) ||
+            (res.pkg.devDependencies && res.pkg.devDependencies[pkgName]))
+    ) {
+        return resolve.sync(pkgName, { basedir: res.path })
+    } else if (res.path) {
+        const parent = path.resolve(path.dirname(res.path), "..")
+        if (parent !== root) {
+            return findPkg(parent, pkgName)
+        }
+    }
+    return
+}
+
+/**
+ * Require package explicitely installed relative to given path.
+ * Fallback to bundled one if no pacakge was found bottom up.
+ * @param {string} fspath file system path starting point to resolve package
+ * @param {string} pkgName package's name to require
+ * @returns module
+ */
+function requireLocalPkg(fspath, pkgName) {
+    const modulePath = findPkg(fspath, pkgName)
+    if (modulePath) {
+        try {
+            return require(modulePath)
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.warn(`Failed to load ${pkgName} from ${modulePath}. Using bundled`)
+        }
+    }
+
+    return require(pkgName)
+}
+
+module.exports = { requireLocalPkg }