diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 2e52245d..dc9c5f61 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ if str(platform) not in ("darwin", "win32"):
 	Exit(1)
 
 print 'Building for:', platform
+print 'Using toolchain:', toolset
 
 if toolset != 'default':
 	env = Environment(TARGET_ARCH=arch,ENV=os.environ, tools = [toolset])
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ elif str(platform) == "win32":
 			""")
 		)
 	else:
-		env.Append(CXXFLAGS="-include src/global.hpp")
+		env.Append(CXXFLAGS="-include global.hpp")
 	def build_app_package(env, source, build_dir, info):
 		env.Install(build_dir, source)
 
@@ -249,11 +250,13 @@ if not env.GetOption('clean'):
 					bundled_libs.append(test + ver)
 					return # Success!
 		print disp, 'must be installed!'
+		print "  If you're sure it's installed, try passing LIBPATH=..."
 		Exit(1)
 
 	def check_header(header, disp):
 		if not conf.CheckCXXHeader(header, '<>'):
 			print disp, 'must be installed!'
+			print "  If you're sure it's installed, try passing INCLUDEPATH=..."
 			Exit(1)
 
 	boost_versions = ['-1_55', '-1_56', '-1_57', '-1_58'] # This is a bit of a hack. :(
@@ -383,4 +386,4 @@ SConscript("build/pkg/SConscript")
 # Cleanup
 
 env.Clean('.', 'build')
-env.Clean('.', '.sconsign.dblite')
+env.Clean('.', Glob('.sconsign.*'))
diff --git a/src/fileio/resmgr/res_strings.hpp b/src/fileio/resmgr/res_strings.hpp
index 4424c5a6..e1bfa132 100644
--- a/src/fileio/resmgr/res_strings.hpp
+++ b/src/fileio/resmgr/res_strings.hpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace ResMgr {
 	/// Each line in the file becomes one string in the resulting list.
 	/// (Empty lines are included too.)
 	template<> inline StringRsrc* resLoader<StringRsrc>::operator() (fs::path fpath) {
-		std::ifstream fin(fpath.c_str());
+		std::ifstream fin(fpath.string().c_str());
 		if(fin.fail()) {
 			std::cerr << std_fmterr << ": Error opening file";
 			throw xResMgrErr("Failed to load string list: " + fpath.string());