diff --git a/scripts/find_dupes.py b/scripts/find_dupes.py
index 24b8d8e..37531e3 100755
--- a/scripts/find_dupes.py
+++ b/scripts/find_dupes.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def main():
 	comic_list = []
 	max_name_len = 2
 	for filename in filelist:
-		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings )
+		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings.rar_exe_path )
 		if ca.seemsToBeAComicArchive() and ca.hasMetadata( style ):
 			max_name_len = max ( max_name_len, len(filename))
 			fmt_str = u"{{0:{0}}}".format(max_name_len)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def main():
 	print "Found {0} duplicate sets".format( len(dupe_set_list))
 
 	for dupe_set in dupe_set_list:
-		ca = ComicArchive(dupe_set[0], settings )
+		ca = ComicArchive(dupe_set[0], settings.rar_exe_path )
 		md = ca.readMetadata( style )
 		print "{0} #{1} ({2})".format( md.series, md.issue, md.year )
 		for filename in dupe_set:
diff --git a/scripts/inventory.py b/scripts/inventory.py
index f7192cb..4825602 100755
--- a/scripts/inventory.py
+++ b/scripts/inventory.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def main():
 	metadata_list = []	
 	max_name_len = 2
 	for filename in filelist:
-		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings )
+		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings.rar_exe_path )
 		if ca.hasMetadata( style ):
 			#make a list of paired filenames and metadata objects
 			metadata_list.append((filename, ca.readMetadata( style )))
diff --git a/scripts/make_links.py b/scripts/make_links.py
index e56c4a4..edfa056 100755
--- a/scripts/make_links.py
+++ b/scripts/make_links.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def main():
 	comic_list = []
 	max_name_len = 2
 	for filename in filelist:
-		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings )
+		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings.rar_exe_path )
 		if ca.seemsToBeAComicArchive() and ca.hasMetadata( style ):
 
 			comic_list.append((filename, ca.readMetadata( style )))
diff --git a/scripts/name_fixer.py b/scripts/name_fixer.py
index 7f692ab..193f382 100755
--- a/scripts/name_fixer.py
+++ b/scripts/name_fixer.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def main():
 	max_name_len = 2
 	fmt_str = ""
 	for filename in filelist:
-		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings )
+		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings.rar_exe_path )
 		# do we care if it already has metadata?
 		if ca.seemsToBeAComicArchive() and not ca.hasMetadata( style ):
 
diff --git a/scripts/remove_ads.py b/scripts/remove_ads.py
index fbfe04f..38aa324 100755
--- a/scripts/remove_ads.py
+++ b/scripts/remove_ads.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def main():
 	modify_list = []	
 	for filename in filelist:
 			
-		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings )
+		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings.rar_exe_path )
 		if (ca.isZip or ca.isRar()) and ca.hasMetadata( style ):
 			md = ca.readMetadata( style )
 			if len(md.pages) != 0:
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def main():
 		
 	#now actually process those files
 	for filename,md in modify_list:
-		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings )
+		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings.rar_exe_path )
 		curr_folder = os.path.dirname( filename )
 		curr_subfolder = os.path.join( curr_folder, subfolder_name )
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def main():
 			print "Done!".format(filename)
 			
 			# Create a new archive object for the new file, and write the old CIX data, with new page info
-			ca = ComicArchive( filename, settings )
+			ca = ComicArchive( filename, settings.rar_exe_path )
 			md.pages = new_pages
 			ca.writeMetadata( style, md )
 
diff --git a/scripts/shrink.py b/scripts/shrink.py
index edc7d19..2e58a65 100644
--- a/scripts/shrink.py
+++ b/scripts/shrink.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def main():
 	fmt_str = u"{{0:{0}}}".format(max_name_len)	
 	for filename in filelist:
 			
-		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings )
+		ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings.rar_exe_path )
 		if (ca.seemsToBeAComicArchive()):
 			# Check the images in the file, see if we need to reduce any
 			
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def main():
 			
 			# Create a new archive object for the new file, and write the old CIX data, w/o page info
 			if cix_md is not None:
-				ca = ComicArchive( filename, settings )
+				ca = ComicArchive( filename, settings.rar_exe_path )
 				cix_md.pages = []
 				ca.writeCIX( cix_md )
 
diff --git a/scripts/validate_cover.py b/scripts/validate_cover.py
index 468201e..8f9278a 100755
--- a/scripts/validate_cover.py
+++ b/scripts/validate_cover.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def main():
 		print >> sys.stderr, filename + ": not found!"
 		return
 		
-	ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings )
+	ca = ComicArchive(filename, settings.rar_exe_path )
 	if not ca.seemsToBeAComicArchive():
 		print >> sys.stderr, "Sorry, but "+ filename + "  is not a comic archive!"
 		return