diff --git a/examples/plugs/runplugs/Main.hs b/examples/plugs/runplugs/Main.hs
index 11f878b..538fdfe 100644
--- a/examples/plugs/runplugs/Main.hs
+++ b/examples/plugs/runplugs/Main.hs
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ import Control.Monad            (when)
 
 import System.Exit              (exitWith, ExitCode(ExitSuccess))
 import System.IO                (getContents, putStrLn)
+#if !defined(CYGWIN) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
 import System.Posix.Resource    (setResourceLimit,
 			         Resource(ResourceCPUTime), 
                                  ResourceLimits(ResourceLimits),
 			         ResourceLimit(ResourceLimit))
 
 rlimit = ResourceLimit 3
+#endif
 
 context = prehier ++ datas ++ controls
 
@@ -40,7 +42,9 @@ datas   = map ("Data." ++) [
 controls = map ("Control." ++) ["Monad", "Arrow"]
 
 main = do
+#if !defined(CYGWIN) && defined(__MINGW32__)
         setResourceLimit ResourceCPUTime (ResourceLimits rlimit rlimit)
+#endif
         s <- getContents
         when (not . null $ s) $ do
                 s <- unsafeEval ("(take 2048 (show ("++s++")))") context
diff --git a/examples/plugs/runplugs/Makefile b/examples/plugs/runplugs/Makefile
index 3d4b7e0..b95e54d 100644
--- a/examples/plugs/runplugs/Makefile
+++ b/examples/plugs/runplugs/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-GHCFLAGS=   -O
+GHCFLAGS=   -O $(GHC_EXTRA_OPTS)
 PKGFLAGS=   -package-conf $(TOP)/plugins.conf.inplace
-PKGFLAGS+=  -package plugins -package unix
+PKGFLAGS+=  -package plugins
 
 all: build
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/System/Plugins/Utils.hs b/src/plugins/System/Plugins/Utils.hs
index bf31ace..fccf48d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/System/Plugins/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/plugins/System/Plugins/Utils.hs
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ dropSuffix f = reverse . tail . dropWhile (/= '.') $ reverse f
 --
 -- | work out the mod name from a filepath
 mkModid :: String -> String
-mkModid = (takeWhile (/= '.')) . reverse . (takeWhile (/= '/')) . reverse
+mkModid = (takeWhile (/= '.')) . reverse . (takeWhile (\x -> ('/'/= x) && ('\\' /= x))) . reverse
 
 
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