diff --git a/source/glest_game/global/config.cpp b/source/glest_game/global/config.cpp
index cc9214f66..9f436b112 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/global/config.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/global/config.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Config::Config(std::pair<ConfigType,ConfigType> type, std::pair<string,string> f
 
 #if defined(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH)
   	if(foundPath == false) {
-  		foundPath = tryCustomPath(cfgType, fileName, CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH);
+  		foundPath = tryCustomPath(cfgType, fileName, TOSTRING(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH));
   	}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
index 2d5936ff6..674073976 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
@@ -2459,7 +2459,7 @@ int glestMain(int argc, char** argv) {
 
 
 #if defined(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH)
-    if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) printf("\n\nCUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH = [%s]\n\n",CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH);
+    if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) printf("\n\nCUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH = [%s]\n\n",TOSTRING(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH));
 #endif
 
 	const int knownArgCount = sizeof(GAME_ARGS) / sizeof(GAME_ARGS[0]);
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/util/properties.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/util/properties.cpp
index a7f701f7c..1326c99fc 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/util/properties.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/util/properties.cpp
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ std::map<string,string> Properties::getTagReplacementValues(std::map<string,stri
 	mapTagReplacementValues["{APPLICATIONPATH}"] = Properties::applicationPath;
 
 #if defined(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH)
-	mapTagReplacementValues["$APPLICATIONDATAPATH"] = CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH;
-	mapTagReplacementValues["%%APPLICATIONDATAPATH%%"] = CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH;
-	mapTagReplacementValues["{APPLICATIONDATAPATH}"] = CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH;
+	mapTagReplacementValues["$APPLICATIONDATAPATH"] = TOSTRING(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH);
+	mapTagReplacementValues["%%APPLICATIONDATAPATH%%"] = TOSTRING(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH);
+	mapTagReplacementValues["{APPLICATIONDATAPATH}"] = TOSTRING(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH);
 
 	//mapTagReplacementValues["$COMMONDATAPATH", 	string(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH) + "/commondata/");
 	//mapTagReplacementValues["%%COMMONDATAPATH%%",	string(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH) + "/commondata/");
@@ -308,9 +308,9 @@ bool Properties::applyTagsToValue(string &value, std::map<string,string> *mapTag
 	replaceAll(value, "{APPLICATIONPATH}",		Properties::applicationPath);
 
 #if defined(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH)
-	replaceAll(value, "$APPLICATIONDATAPATH", 		CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH);
-	replaceAll(value, "%%APPLICATIONDATAPATH%%",	CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH);
-	replaceAll(value, "{APPLICATIONDATAPATH}",		CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH);
+	replaceAll(value, "$APPLICATIONDATAPATH", 		TOSTRING(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH));
+	replaceAll(value, "%%APPLICATIONDATAPATH%%",	TOSTRING(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH));
+	replaceAll(value, "{APPLICATIONDATAPATH}",		TOSTRING(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH));
 
 	//replaceAll(value, "$COMMONDATAPATH", 	string(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH) + "/commondata/");
 	//replaceAll(value, "%%COMMONDATAPATH%%",	string(CUSTOM_DATA_INSTALL_PATH) + "/commondata/");