diff --git a/callirhoe.py b/callirhoe.py
index f6fcf1c..9ad58bb 100755
--- a/callirhoe.py
+++ b/callirhoe.py
@@ -84,13 +84,12 @@ def import_plugin(plugin_paths, cat, longcat, longcat2, listopt, preset):
         for path in plugin_paths:
             found += available_files(path, cat, preset)
         if len(found) == 0: raise IOError
-        if found[0][1] == "/":
+        if found[0][1] == "resource:":
             m = __import__("%s.%s" % (cat,preset), globals(), locals(), [ "*" ])
         else:
-            old = sys.path[0]
-            sys.path[0] = found[0][1]
+            sys.path.insert(0, found[0][1])
             m = __import__("%s.%s" % (cat,preset), globals(), locals(), [ "*" ])
-            sys.path[0] = old
+            sys.path.pop(0)
         return m
     except IOError:
         sys.exit("callirhoe: %s definition '%s' not found, use %s to see available definitions" % (longcat,
diff --git a/lib/plugin.py b/lib/plugin.py
index 1f287c7..76768c2 100644
--- a/lib/plugin.py
+++ b/lib/plugin.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import glob
 try:
     import resources
 except:
-    pass
+    resources = None
 
 def available_files(parent, dir, fmatch = None):
     """find parent/dir/*.py files to be used for plugins
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def available_files(parent, dir, fmatch = None):
     good = False
     res = []
     pattern = parent + "/" + dir + "/*.py"
-    for x in glob.glob(pattern) if parent != "/" else resources.resource_list[dir]:
+    for x in glob.glob(pattern) if not parent.startswith('resource:') else resources.resource_list[dir]:
         basex = os.path.basename(x)
         if basex == "__init__.py": good = True
         elif basex.startswith('_'):
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ def get_plugin_paths():
     @rtype: [str,str,..]
     """
     result = [ os.path.expanduser("~/.callirhoe"), sys.path[0] if sys.path[0] else "." ]
-    try:
-        temp = resources.resource_list
-        result.append("/")
-    except:
-        pass
+    if resources:
+        result.append("resource:")
     return result
diff --git a/make_pkg b/make_pkg
index 49a29f3..9700886 100755
--- a/make_pkg
+++ b/make_pkg
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Create Callirhoe package
 mkdir _callirhoe
-./make_resources_list > resources.py
+./make_resources_list
 cp -R geom holidays lang layouts lib style _callirhoe
 cp callirhoe.py _callirhoe/__main__.py
 mv resources.py _callirhoe/lib