diff --git a/PROMS/DataLoader/Loader.cs b/PROMS/DataLoader/Loader.cs
index b25fe4c1..3d75aa6f 100644
--- a/PROMS/DataLoader/Loader.cs
+++ b/PROMS/DataLoader/Loader.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ namespace DataLoader
 		{
 			try
 			{
+#if DEBUG
+			_FmtAllPath = @"c:\development\fmtall";
+			_GenmacAllPath = @"c:\development\genmacall";
+#else
+			_FmtAllPath = vepromspath + @"\fmtall";
+			_GenmacAllPath = vepromspath + @"\genmacall";
+#endif
 				frmMain.Status = "Make Connection";
 				// make the initial database connection record, annotation types & top
 				// system folder.