diff --git a/pysollib/init.py b/pysollib/init.py
index a4904afc..6a1e9336 100644
--- a/pysollib/init.py
+++ b/pysollib/init.py
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ def init():
         if sys.path[0] and not os.path.isdir(sys.path[0]): # i.e. library.zip
             d = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0])
             os.chdir(d)                 # for read presets
-            fcs_command = os.path.join('freecell-solver', 'fc-solve.exe')
+            fcs_command = os.path.join('freecell-solver', 'bin', 'fc-solve.exe')
             settings.FCS_COMMAND = fcs_command
-            ##f = os.path.join(d, 'freecell-solver', 'presetrc')
-            ##os.environ['FREECELL_SOLVER_PRESETRC'] = f # defined in prefix.h
+            f = os.path.join('freecell-solver', 'presetrc')
+            os.environ['FREECELL_SOLVER_PRESETRC'] = f
     if os.name in ('posix', 'nt'):
         try:
             kw = {'shell': True,
diff --git a/pysollib/mfxutil.py b/pysollib/mfxutil.py
index 13d3a006..b9774a6a 100644
--- a/pysollib/mfxutil.py
+++ b/pysollib/mfxutil.py
@@ -134,9 +134,16 @@ if os.name == "posix":
 
 def win32_getusername():
     user = os.environ.get('USERNAME','').strip()
+    try:
+        user = unicode(user, locale.getpreferredencoding())
+    except:
+        user = ''
     return user
 
 def win32_getprefdir(package):
+    portprefdir = 'config'      # portable varsion
+    if os.path.isdir(portprefdir):
+        return portprefdir
     # %USERPROFILE%, %APPDATA%
     hd = os.environ.get('APPDATA')
     if not hd: