diff --git a/overviewer_core/assetmanager.py b/overviewer_core/assetmanager.py
index 7b231c3..5d60cae 100644
--- a/overviewer_core/assetmanager.py
+++ b/overviewer_core/assetmanager.py
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ directory.
 
         # create overviewer.js from the source js files
         js_src = os.path.join(util.get_program_path(), "overviewer_core", "data", "js_src")
+        if not os.path.isdir(js_src):
+            js_src = os.path.join(util.get_program_path(), "js_src")
         with open(os.path.join(self.outputdir, "overviewer.js"), "w") as fout:
             # first copy in js_src/overviewer.js
             with open(os.path.join(js_src, "overviewer.js")) as f:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c1743ab..e571fa9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ if py2exe is not None:
     setup_kwargs['data_files'] = [('', doc_files)]
     setup_kwargs['data_files'] += recursive_data_files('overviewer_core/data/textures', 'textures')
     setup_kwargs['data_files'] += recursive_data_files('overviewer_core/data/web_assets', 'web_assets')
+    setup_kwargs['data_files'] += recursive_data_files('overviewer_core/data/js_src', 'js_src')
     setup_kwargs['data_files'] += recursive_data_files('contrib', 'contrib')
     setup_kwargs['zipfile'] = None
     if platform.system() == 'Windows' and '64bit' in platform.architecture():