diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj b/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj
index 48e08639e1..35e0fb8545 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/BizHawk.MultiClient.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <ProductVersion>9.0.30729</ProductVersion>
     <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
     <ProjectGuid>{DD448B37-BA3F-4544-9754-5406E8094723}</ProjectGuid>
-    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>BizHawk.MultiClient</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>BizHawk.MultiClient</AssemblyName>
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <StartupObject>
     </StartupObject>
+    <IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper>
+    <ApplicationIcon>corphawk.ico</ApplicationIcon>
     <PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl>
     <Install>true</Install>
     <InstallFrom>Disk</InstallFrom>
@@ -26,10 +28,8 @@
     <MapFileExtensions>true</MapFileExtensions>
     <ApplicationRevision>0</ApplicationRevision>
     <ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.%2a</ApplicationVersion>
-    <IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper>
     <UseApplicationTrust>false</UseApplicationTrust>
     <BootstrapperEnabled>true</BootstrapperEnabled>
-    <ApplicationIcon>corphawk.ico</ApplicationIcon>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
index 782591829c..3e9676a29f 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 			//in order to allow late construction of this database, we hook up a delegate here to dearchive the data and provide it on demand
 			//we could background thread this later instead if we wanted to be real clever
 			NES.BootGodDB.GetDatabaseBytes = () => {
-				using (HawkFile NesCartFile = new HawkFile("NesCarts.7z").BindFirst())
+				using (HawkFile NesCartFile = new HawkFile(PathManager.GetExePathAbsolute() + "\\NesCarts.7z").BindFirst())
 				    return Util.ReadAllBytes(NesCartFile.GetStream());
 			};
 			Global.MainForm = this;
 
-			Database.LoadDatabase("gamedb.txt");
+			Database.LoadDatabase(PathManager.GetExePathAbsolute() + "\\gamedb.txt");
 
 			SyncPresentationMode();
 
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/Program.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/Program.cs
index b33b05dbb8..5adfc427ca 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/Program.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/Program.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
             Application.EnableVisualStyles();
             Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
 
-			Global.Config = ConfigService.Load<Config>("config.ini");
+			Global.Config = ConfigService.Load<Config>(PathManager.GetExePathAbsolute() + "\\config.ini");
 
             try { Global.DSound = new DirectSound(); }
             catch {