diff --git a/contrib/clearOldCache.py b/contrib/clearOldCache.py
index a7000e1..03650ce 100644
--- a/contrib/clearOldCache.py
+++ b/contrib/clearOldCache.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import re
 import os.path
 
 # incantation to be able to import overviewer_core
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], '..')))
+if not hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
+    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], '..')))
 
 from overviewer_core import world
 from overviewer import list_worlds
diff --git a/contrib/findSigns.py b/contrib/findSigns.py
index 2dbacd8..8961365 100644
--- a/contrib/findSigns.py
+++ b/contrib/findSigns.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ import os
 import cPickle
 
 # incantation to be able to import overviewer_core
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], '..')))
+if not hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
+    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], '..')))
 
 from overviewer_core import nbt
 
diff --git a/contrib/playerInspect.py b/contrib/playerInspect.py
index cf12ee3..638e1b0 100644
--- a/contrib/playerInspect.py
+++ b/contrib/playerInspect.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Very basic player.dat inspection script
 import sys, os
 
 # incantation to be able to import overviewer_core
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], '..')))
+if not hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
+    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], '..')))
 
 from overviewer_core.nbt import load
 from overviewer_core import items
diff --git a/contrib/rerenderBlocks.py b/contrib/rerenderBlocks.py
index 7dde88d..56f6bcf 100644
--- a/contrib/rerenderBlocks.py
+++ b/contrib/rerenderBlocks.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import sys,os
 import re
 
 # incantation to be able to import overviewer_core
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], '..')))
+if not hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
+    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], '..')))
 
 from overviewer_core import nbt
 from overviewer_core import world
diff --git a/contrib/validateRegionFile.py b/contrib/validateRegionFile.py
index c723734..75b6a87 100644
--- a/contrib/validateRegionFile.py
+++ b/contrib/validateRegionFile.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import os
 import sys
 
 # incantation to be able to import overviewer_core
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], '..')))
+if not hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
+    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], '..')))
 
 from overviewer_core import nbt
 
diff --git a/contribManager.py b/contribManager.py
index 29737eb..00f3a09 100755
--- a/contribManager.py
+++ b/contribManager.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import os.path
 import ast
 
 # incantation to be able to import overviewer_core
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], '.')))
+if not hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
+    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], '.')))
 
 from overviewer_core import nbt
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a0b8e35..cd1b7d0 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ if py2exe is not None:
         b = 3
     else:
         b = 1
-    setup_kwargs['options']['py2exe'] = {'bundle_files' : b, 'excludes': 'Tkinter'}
+    setup_kwargs['options']['py2exe'] = {'bundle_files' : b, 'excludes': 'Tkinter', 'includes':['fileinput', 'overviewer_core.items']}
 
 #
 # py2app options