diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36d76e7..d44b519 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ pom.xml.asc
 *.class
 /.lein-*
 /.nrepl-port
-.DS*
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS*
+/.idea/
+/cryogen-core.iml
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 5be016b..a906878 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject cryogen-core "0.1.43"
+(defproject cryogen-core "0.1.44"
             :description "Cryogen's compiler"
             :url "https://github.com/cryogen-project/cryogen-core"
             :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/src/cryogen_core/compiler.clj b/src/cryogen_core/compiler.clj
index 85d5ee2..f6b0e31 100644
--- a/src/cryogen_core/compiler.clj
+++ b/src/cryogen_core/compiler.clj
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
   [^java.io.File page config markup]
   (with-open [rdr (java.io.PushbackReader. (reader page))]
     (let [re-root (re-pattern (str "^.*?(" (:page-root config) "|" (:post-root config) ")/"))
-          page-name (s/replace (str page) re-root "")
+          page-fwd (s/replace (str page) "\\" "/") ;; make it work on Windows
+          page-name (s/replace page-fwd re-root "")
           file-name (s/replace page-name (re-pattern-from-ext (m/ext markup)) ".html")
           page-meta (read-page-meta page-name rdr)
           content ((m/render-fn markup) rdr config)]
@@ -434,6 +435,8 @@
                      (update-in [:rss-filters] (fnil seq []))
                      (update-in [:sass-src] (fnil str "css"))
                      (update-in [:sass-dest] (fnil str "css"))
+                     (update-in [:sass-path] (fnil str "sass"))
+                     (update-in [:compass-path] (fnil str "compass"))
                      (update-in [:post-date-format] (fnil str "yyyy-MM-dd"))
                      (update-in [:keep-files] (fnil seq []))
                      (update-in [:ignored-files] (fnil seq [#"^\.#.*" #".*\.swp$"])))]
@@ -448,7 +451,7 @@
   "Generates all the html and copies over resources specified in the config"
   []
   (println (green "compiling assets..."))
-  (let [{:keys [^String site-url blog-prefix rss-name recent-posts sass-src sass-dest keep-files ignored-files previews? author-root-uri] :as config} (read-config)
+  (let [{:keys [^String site-url blog-prefix rss-name recent-posts sass-src sass-dest sass-path compass-path keep-files ignored-files previews? author-root-uri] :as config} (read-config)
         posts (add-prev-next (read-posts config))
         pages (add-prev-next (read-pages config))
         [navbar-pages sidebar-pages] (group-pages pages)
@@ -495,7 +498,9 @@
     (rss/make-filtered-channels config posts-by-tag)
     (println (blue "compiling sass"))
     (sass/compile-sass->css!
-      {:src-sass      sass-src
+      {:path-sass     sass-path
+       :path-compass  compass-path
+       :src-sass      sass-src
        :dest-sass     (path ".." "public" blog-prefix sass-dest)
        :ignored-files ignored-files
        :base-dir      "resources/templates/"})))
diff --git a/src/cryogen_core/sass.clj b/src/cryogen_core/sass.clj
index 8239e96..f85bf43 100644
--- a/src/cryogen_core/sass.clj
+++ b/src/cryogen_core/sass.clj
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 
 (defn sass-installed?
   "Checks for the installation of Sass."
-  []
-  (= 0 (:exit (sh "sass" "--version"))))
+  [path-sass]
+  (= 0 (:exit (sh path-sass "--version"))))
 
 (defn compass-installed?
   "Checks for the installation of Compass."
-  []
+  [path-compass]
   (try
-    (= 0 (:exit (sh "compass" "--version")))
+    (= 0 (:exit (sh path-compass "--version")))
     (catch java.io.IOException _
       false)))
 
@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@
     done by sh / launching the sass command."
   [{:keys [src-sass
            dest-sass
+           path-sass
+           path-compass
            base-dir]}]
   (shell/with-sh-dir base-dir
-    (if (compass-installed?)
-      (sh "sass" "--compass" "--update" (str src-sass ":" dest-sass))
-      (sh "sass" "--update" (str src-sass ":" dest-sass)))))
+    (if (compass-installed? path-compass)
+      (sh path-sass "--compass" "--update" (str src-sass ":" dest-sass))
+      (sh path-sass "--update" (str src-sass ":" dest-sass)))))
 
 (defn compile-sass->css!
   "Given a directory src-sass, looks for all sass files and compiles them into
@@ -50,10 +52,11 @@ dest-sass. Prompts you to install sass if he finds sass files and can't find
 the command. Shows you any problems it comes across when compiling. "
   [{:keys [src-sass
            dest-sass
+           path-sass
            ignored-files
            base-dir] :as opts}]
   (when-let [sass-files (seq (find-sass-files base-dir src-sass ignored-files))]
-    (if (sass-installed?)
+    (if (sass-installed? path-sass)
       ;; I found sass files,
       ;; If sass is installed
       (do