diff --git a/bin/cross-compile.go b/bin/cross-compile.go
index dd541fec3..b8f874c53 100644
--- a/bin/cross-compile.go
+++ b/bin/cross-compile.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func buildDebAndRpm(dir, version, goarch string) []string {
 }
 
 // generate system object (syso) file to be picked up by a following go build for embedding icon and version info resources into windows executable
-func buildWindowsResourceSyso(goarch string, versionTag string) (string) {
+func buildWindowsResourceSyso(goarch string, versionTag string) string {
 	type M map[string]interface{}
 	version := strings.TrimPrefix(versionTag, "v")
 	semanticVersion := semver.New(version)
@@ -238,11 +238,11 @@ func buildWindowsResourceSyso(goarch string, versionTag string) (string) {
 		"goversioninfo",
 		"-o",
 		sysoPath,
-		jsonPath,
 	}
 	if goarch == "amd64" {
-		args = append(args, "-64") // Make the syso a 64-bit coff file (but does not matter, results are identical)
+		args = append(args, "-64") // Make the syso a 64-bit coff file
 	}
+	args = append(args, jsonPath)
 	err = runEnv(args, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
diff --git a/bin/win-build.bat b/bin/win-build.bat
index 1df848508..6422cf35a 100644
--- a/bin/win-build.bat
+++ b/bin/win-build.bat
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 echo Setting environment variables for mingw+WinFsp compile
 set GOPATH=Z:\go
 rem set PATH=C:\Program Files\mingw-w64\i686-7.1.0-win32-dwarf-rt_v5-rev0\mingw32\bin;%PATH%
-set PATH=C:\Program Files\mingw-w64\x86_64-8.1.0-win32-seh-rt_v6-rev0\mingw64\bin;%PATH%
+set PATH=C:\Program Files\mingw-w64\x86_64-8.1.0-win32-seh-rt_v6-rev0\mingw64\bin;%GOPATH%/bin;%PATH%
 set CPATH=C:\Program Files\WinFsp\inc\fuse;C:\Program Files (x86)\WinFsp\inc\fuse