diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index cc6d20e..d466289 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ fi
 
 cd java
 "$JAVA_HOME"/bin/javac -d ../build -classpath "$HERE/build/i2pfirefox.jar:$HERE/build/jna.jar":"$HERE/build/jna-platform.jar":"$HERE/build/i2p.jar":"$HERE/build/router.jar":"$HERE/build/routerconsole.jar" \
+  net/i2p/router/CopyConfigDir.java \
   net/i2p/router/Elevator.java \
   net/i2p/router/Shell32X.java \
   net/i2p/router/WinLauncher.java \
diff --git a/java/net/i2p/router/CopyConfigDir.java b/java/net/i2p/router/CopyConfigDir.java
index 7e11ad5..984baf0 100644
--- a/java/net/i2p/router/CopyConfigDir.java
+++ b/java/net/i2p/router/CopyConfigDir.java
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 
 public class CopyConfigDir {
 
-  public boolean copyDirectory(String baseDir, String workDir) {
+  public static boolean copyDirectory(String baseDir, String workDir) {
     File baseFile = new File(baseDir);
     File workFile = new File(workDir);
     return copyDirectory(baseFile, workFile);
   }
-
-  public boolean copyDirectory(File baseDir, File workDir) {
+  
+  public static boolean copyDirectory(File baseDir, File workDir) {
     for (File file : baseDir.listFiles()) {
       System.out.println(file.getAbsolutePath());
       if (file.isDirectory())
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class CopyConfigDir {
     return true;
   }
 
-  public boolean copyConfigDirectory(File baseDir, File workDir) {
+  public static boolean copyConfigDirectory(File baseDir, File workDir) {
     for (File file : baseDir.listFiles()) {
       System.out.println(file.getAbsolutePath());
       if (file.isDirectory())
@@ -38,17 +38,17 @@ public class CopyConfigDir {
     return true;
   }
 
-  public boolean copyFileNeverOverwrite(String basePath, String workPath) {
+  public static boolean copyFileNeverOverwrite(String basePath, String workPath) {
     File baseFile = new File(basePath);
     File workFile = new File(workPath);
     return copyFileNeverOverwrite(baseFile, workFile);
   }
 
-  public boolean copyFileNeverOverwrite(File basePath, File workPath) {
+  public static boolean copyFileNeverOverwrite(File basePath, File workPath) {
     return copyFile(basePath, workPath, false);
   }
 
-  public boolean copyFile(File basePath, File workPath, boolean overWrite) {
+  public static boolean copyFile(File basePath, File workPath, boolean overWrite) {
     if (!basePath.exists()) {
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/java/net/i2p/router/WinLauncher.java b/java/net/i2p/router/WinLauncher.java
index b740acf..c6614b9 100644
--- a/java/net/i2p/router/WinLauncher.java
+++ b/java/net/i2p/router/WinLauncher.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import net.i2p.util.SystemVersion;
  * appdata
  * router.pid - the pid of the java process.
  */
-public class WinLauncher {
+public class WinLauncher extends CopyConfigDir {
   static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("launcherlog");
   static WindowsUpdatePostProcessor wupp = null;
   static FileHandler fh;
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ public class WinLauncher {
     // but probably ceases to be necessary, I can make jpackage generate
     // the installer, **and** I get to build every other kind of jpackage
     // powered package.
+    if (!copyConfigDir()){
+      logger.severe("Cannot copy the configuration directory");
+      System.exit(1);
+    }
 
     if (launchBrowser(privateBrowsing, usabilityMode, chromiumFirst,
                       proxyTimeoutTime, newArgsList)) {
@@ -113,6 +117,7 @@ public class WinLauncher {
     logger.info("\t" + System.getProperty("i2p.dir.base") + "\n\t" +
                 System.getProperty("i2p.dir.config") + "\n\t" +
                 System.getProperty("router.pid"));
+
     /**
      * IMPORTANT: You must set user.dir to the same directory where the
      * jpackage is intstalled, or when the launcher tries to re-run itself
@@ -130,13 +135,8 @@ public class WinLauncher {
     registrationThread.start();
 
     setNotStarting();
-    // TODO: I actually did this once before, and reversed it for
-    // some dumb reason I can't remember. But if I go back through
-    // all the steps then I set up the router before I run it ^^
-    // see above commented out `wupp` and I don't have to wait for
-    // certain contexts to be ready anymore.
+
     i2pRouter.runRouter();
-    // RouterLaunch.main(args);
   }
 
   private static void setupLauncher() {
@@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ public class WinLauncher {
   /**
    * get the path to the default config of the app-image by getting the path to
    * java.home and the OS, and traversing up to the app-image root based on that
-   * information, then appending lib/config to the end.
+   * information, then appending the config directory to the end onn a
+   * per-platform basis
    *
    * @return the app-image root
    */
@@ -467,6 +468,12 @@ public class WinLauncher {
     return null;
   }
 
+  private static boolean copyConfigDir() {
+    File appImageConfigDir = appImageConfig();
+    File appImageHomeDir = appImageHome();
+    return copyDirectory(appImageConfigDir, appImageHomeDir);
+  }
+
   /**
    * set up the path to the log file
    *