diff --git a/src/Plugin.php b/src/Plugin.php
index 2c7ff1af..b73aedd9 100644
--- a/src/Plugin.php
+++ b/src/Plugin.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class Plugin implements PluginInterface, EventSubscriberInterface
     const PACKAGE_NAME = 'squizlabs/php_codesniffer';
     const PACKAGE_TYPE = 'phpcodesniffer-standard';
 
+    const PHPCS_CONFIG_REGEX = '`%s:[^\r\n]+`';
     const PHPCS_CONFIG_KEY = 'installed_paths';
 
     /**
@@ -199,22 +200,29 @@ public function onDependenciesChangedEvent()
      */
     private function loadInstalledPaths()
     {
-        if ($this->isPHPCodeSnifferInstalled() === true) {
-            $this->processExecutor->execute(
-                sprintf(
-                    'phpcs --config-show %s',
-                    self::PHPCS_CONFIG_KEY
-                ),
-                $output,
-                $this->composer->getConfig()->get('bin-dir')
-            );
+        if ($this->isPHPCodeSnifferInstalled() !== true) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->processExecutor->execute(
+            sprintf(
+                'phpcs --config-show %s',
+                self::PHPCS_CONFIG_KEY
+            ),
+            $output,
+            $this->composer->getConfig()->get('bin-dir')
+        );
 
-            $phpcsInstalledPaths = str_replace(self::PHPCS_CONFIG_KEY . ': ', '', $output);
-            $phpcsInstalledPaths = trim($phpcsInstalledPaths);
+        $regex = sprintf(self::PHPCS_CONFIG_REGEX, self::PHPCS_CONFIG_KEY);
+        if (preg_match($regex, $output, $match) !== 1) {
+            return;
+        }
 
-            if ($phpcsInstalledPaths !== '') {
-                $this->installedPaths = explode(',', $phpcsInstalledPaths);
-            }
+        $phpcsInstalledPaths = str_replace(self::PHPCS_CONFIG_KEY . ': ', '', $match[0]);
+        $phpcsInstalledPaths = trim($phpcsInstalledPaths);
+
+        if ($phpcsInstalledPaths !== '') {
+            $this->installedPaths = explode(',', $phpcsInstalledPaths);
         }
     }