diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea047603..e7aec6c5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ setuptools installs a script, called easy_install. You can find it in the python
 
 easy_install will automatically get the additional libraries that these packages need to work properly.
 Run the following command to quickly install and upgrade all packages and their dependencies:
-easy_install -Z --upgrade six configobj goslate markdown future suds requests oauthlib requests-oauthlib requests-toolbelt pypubsub pygeocoder arrow==0.6 python-dateutil futures markdown microsofttranslator
+easy_install -Z --upgrade six configobj goslate markdown future suds requests oauthlib requests-oauthlib requests-toolbelt pypubsub pygeocoder arrow==0.6 python-dateutil futures markdown microsofttranslator winpaths
 
 #### Other dependencies
 
diff --git a/src/libloader/com.py b/src/libloader/com.py
index 29ede4c2..752b792b 100644
--- a/src/libloader/com.py
+++ b/src/libloader/com.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from pywintypes import com_error
 import win32com
 import paths
-win32com.__gen_path__=paths.data_path(u"com_cache")
+win32com.__gen_path__=paths.com_path()
 import sys
 import os
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(win32com.__gen_path__, "."))
diff --git a/src/paths.py b/src/paths.py
index fda43b80..84f3ef13 100644
--- a/src/paths.py
+++ b/src/paths.py
@@ -69,4 +69,17 @@ def locale_path():
 
 @merge_paths
 def sound_path():
- return app_path(u"sounds")
\ No newline at end of file
+ return app_path(u"sounds")
+
+@merge_paths
+def com_path():
+ global mode, directory
+ if mode == "portable":
+  if directory != None: path = os.path.join(directory, "com_cache")
+  elif directory == None: path = app_path(u"com_cache")
+ elif mode == "installed":
+  path = data_path(u"com_cache")
+ if not os.path.exists(path):
+  log.debug("%s path does not exist, creating..." % (path,))
+  os.mkdir(path)
+ return path