diff --git a/src/gam.py b/src/gam.py
index fdee7cf0..28d7bfff 100755
--- a/src/gam.py
+++ b/src/gam.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ GM_MAP_USER_ID_TO_NAME = u'ui2n'
 #
 GM_Globals = {
   GM_SYSEXITRC: 0,
-  GM_GAM_PATH: os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
+  GM_GAM_PATH: os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) if os.name != u'nt' else os.path.dirname(sys.executable),
   GM_WINDOWS: os.name == u'nt',
   GM_SYS_ENCODING: sys.getfilesystemencoding() if os.name == u'nt' else u'utf-8',
   GM_BATCH_QUEUE: None,