diff --git a/direct/src/ffi/genPyCode b/direct/src/ffi/genPyCode
index 738e198825..23b47d2f88 100755
--- a/direct/src/ffi/genPyCode
+++ b/direct/src/ffi/genPyCode
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$firstarg" = "install" ]; then
     # as installed on a machine without ctattach etc.
-    exec bin/ppython -d bin/generatePythonCode -v -d lib/py -e ../direct/src/extensions -i libdtoolconfig libpandaexpress libpanda libpandaphysics libdirect $extra_genPyCode_libs
+    exec install/bin/ppython -d install/bin/generatePythonCode -v -d install/lib/py -e direct/src/extensions -i libdtoolconfig libpandaexpress libpanda libpandaphysics libdirect $extra_genPyCode_libs
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/sitecustomize.py b/direct/src/showbase/sitecustomize.py
index 49033c38bf..d4feee5f2b 100644
--- a/direct/src/showbase/sitecustomize.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/sitecustomize.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def getPackages():
         # we're running from the directory above all of the source
         # trees; look within these directories for the *.pth files.
 
-        searchstr = os.path.join('*', 'etc', '*.pth')
+        searchstr = os.path.join('*', 'src', 'configfiles', '*.pth')
         filenames = glob.glob(searchstr)
         if len(filenames) == 0:
             print ''
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def getPackages():
             print ''
             
         for filename in filenames:
-            tree = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(filename))
+            tree = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(filename)))
             readpth(tree, filename)
 
     else: