diff --git a/jellyfin_accounts/__init__.py b/jellyfin_accounts/__init__.py
index 41af903..ad66164 100755
--- a/jellyfin_accounts/__init__.py
+++ b/jellyfin_accounts/__init__.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ else:
 
 # Temp config so logger knows whether to use debug mode or not
 temp_config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
-temp_config.read(config_path)
+temp_config.read(str(config_path.resolve()))
 
 
 def create_log(name):
diff --git a/jellyfin_accounts/web_api.py b/jellyfin_accounts/web_api.py
index 55f1e1b..6c1cfdb 100644
--- a/jellyfin_accounts/web_api.py
+++ b/jellyfin_accounts/web_api.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ def modifyConfig():
     temp_config = configparser.RawConfigParser(
         comment_prefixes="/", allow_no_value=True
     )
-    temp_config.read(config_path)
+    temp_config.read(str(config_path.resolve()))
     for section in data:
         if section in temp_config and 'restart-program' not in section:
             for item in data[section]:
diff --git a/mail/generate.py b/mail/generate.py
index 825c16e..7009275 100755
--- a/mail/generate.py
+++ b/mail/generate.py
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 import subprocess
 import shutil
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 def runcmd(cmd):
+    if os.name == "nt":
+        return subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True)
     proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
     return proc.communicate()
 
 local_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
-node_bin = local_path.parent / 'node_modules' / '.bin'
+node_bin = Path(runcmd("npm bin")[0].decode('utf-8').rstrip())
+print(f"assuming npm bin directory \"{node_bin}\". Is this correct?")
+if input("[yY/nN]: ").lower() == "n":
+    node_bin = local_path.parent / 'node_modules' / '.bin'
+    print(f"this? \"{node_bin}\"")
+    if input("[yY/nN]: ").lower() == "n":
+        node_bin = input("input bin directory: ")
 
 for mjml in [f for f in local_path.iterdir() if f.is_file() and 'mjml' in f.suffix]:
     print(f'Compiling {mjml.name}')
diff --git a/scss/compile.py b/scss/compile.py
index c57b4de..ad0deab 100755
--- a/scss/compile.py
+++ b/scss/compile.py
@@ -2,14 +2,23 @@
 import sass
 import subprocess
 import shutil
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 def runcmd(cmd):
+    if os.name == "nt":
+        return subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True)
     proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
     return proc.communicate()
 
 local_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
-node_bin = local_path.parent / 'node_modules' / '.bin'
+node_bin = Path(runcmd("npm bin")[0].decode('utf-8').rstrip())
+print(f"assuming npm bin directory \"{node_bin}\". Is this correct?")
+if input("[yY/nN]: ").lower() == "n":
+    node_bin = local_path.parent / 'node_modules' / '.bin'
+    print(f"this? \"{node_bin}\"")
+    if input("[yY/nN]: ").lower() == "n":
+        node_bin = input("input bin directory: ")
 
 for bsv in [d for d in local_path.iterdir() if 'bs' in d.name]:
     scss = bsv / f'{bsv.name}-jf.scss'
diff --git a/scss/get_node_deps.py b/scss/get_node_deps.py
index a048e6b..c6dd92d 100644
--- a/scss/get_node_deps.py
+++ b/scss/get_node_deps.py
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import subprocess
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
+
 def runcmd(cmd):
+    if os.name == "nt":
+        return subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True)
     proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
     return proc.communicate()
 
+
 print('Installing npm packages')
 
+if os.name == "nt":
+    print("Note: npm on windows installs all packages in the root directory, so things might get ugly.")
+
 root_path = Path(__file__).parents[1]
 runcmd(f'npm install --prefix {root_path}')