diff --git a/server-console/src/modules/path-finder.js b/server-console/src/modules/path-finder.js
index d4cb9aa277..1898db91ac 100644
--- a/server-console/src/modules/path-finder.js
+++ b/server-console/src/modules/path-finder.js
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ exports.searchPaths = function(name, binaryType, releaseType) {
 
     if (!releaseType) {
         // check in the developer build tree for binaries
+        var typeSpecificPath = (binaryType == "local-release" ? "Release/" : "Debug/")
         paths = [
             devBasePath + name + extension,
-            devBasePath + (binaryType == "local-release" ? "Release/" : "Debug/") + name + extension
+            devBasePath + typeSpecificPath + name + extension
         ]
     } else {
         // check directly beside the binary
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ exports.searchPaths = function(name, binaryType, releaseType) {
             path.join(path.dirname(process.execPath), name + extension)
         ];
 
+        if (process.platform == "win32") {
+            // check a level back in case we're packaged on windows
+            paths.push(path.resolve(path.dirname(process.execPath), '../' +  name + extension))
+        }
+
         // assume we're inside an app bundle on OS X
         if (process.platform == "darwin") {
             var contentPath = ".app/Contents/";