diff --git a/src/finder.cpp b/src/finder.cpp
index 87bced9716..2c195a1333 100644
--- a/src/finder.cpp
+++ b/src/finder.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ class DirectoryElement: public Element {
     const char* file = append(s, this->name, "/", name);
     System::Region* region;
     System::Status status = s->map(&region, file);
+
+    if (status) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "%s not found\n", file);
+    }
+
     s->free(file);
 
     if (s->success(status)) {
@@ -325,7 +330,7 @@ class JarIndex {
 class JarElement: public Element {
  public:
   JarElement(System* s, const char* name):
-    s(s), name(name) 
+    s(s), name(name), region(0), index(0)
   { }
 
   void init() {
@@ -401,12 +406,14 @@ parsePath(System* s, const char* path)
 
   Element* first = 0;
   Element* prev = 0;
-  for (Tokenizer t(path, ':'); t.hasMore();) {
+  for (Tokenizer t(path, s->pathSeparator()); t.hasMore();) {
     Tokenizer::Token token(t.next());
     char* name = static_cast<char*>(s->allocate(token.length + 1));
     memcpy(name, token.s, token.length);
     name[token.length] = 0;
 
+    fprintf(stderr, "path element: %s\n", name);
+
     Element* e;
     switch (s->identify(name)) {
     case System::File: {
diff --git a/src/posix.cpp b/src/posix.cpp
index db9de2684b..67f2e26876 100644
--- a/src/posix.cpp
+++ b/src/posix.cpp
@@ -550,6 +550,10 @@ class MySystem: public System {
     }
   }
 
+  virtual char pathSeparator() {
+    return ':';
+  }
+
   virtual int64_t now() {
     timeval tv = { 0, 0 };
     gettimeofday(&tv, 0);
diff --git a/src/system.h b/src/system.h
index 41fe2ddd0d..da6956c0c9 100644
--- a/src/system.h
+++ b/src/system.h
@@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ class System: public Allocator {
   virtual FileType identify(const char* name) = 0;
   virtual Status load(Library**, const char* name, bool mapName, Library* next)
   = 0;
-  virtual void exit(int code) = 0;
+  virtual char pathSeparator() = 0;
   virtual int64_t now() = 0;
+  virtual void exit(int code) = 0;
   virtual void abort() = 0;
   virtual void dispose() = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/windows.cpp b/src/windows.cpp
index 23274aa045..197ebda8a2 100644
--- a/src/windows.cpp
+++ b/src/windows.cpp
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ class MySystem: public System {
 
   virtual Status attach(Runnable* r) {
     Thread* t = new (System::allocate(sizeof(Thread))) Thread(this, r);
-    bool success = DuplicateHandle
+    bool success UNUSED = DuplicateHandle
       (GetCurrentProcess(), GetCurrentThread(), GetCurrentProcess(),
        &(t->thread), 0, false, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS);
     assert(this, success);
@@ -581,6 +581,9 @@ class MySystem: public System {
     }
   }
 
+  virtual char pathSeparator() {
+    return ';';
+  }
 
   virtual int64_t now() {
     static LARGE_INTEGER frequency;