diff --git a/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/DMXControl.java b/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/DMXControl.java
index d0bbc55..8e4e007 100644
--- a/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/DMXControl.java
+++ b/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/DMXControl.java
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ public void close()
    */
   private void setupDevice( int numChannels )
   {
+	  System.out.println("DMXForArtists version: " + VERSION_NUM);
+	  
       if ( numChannels <= MAX_CHANNELS ) // make sure we don't have too many channels
       {
           this.numChannels = numChannels;
@@ -280,6 +282,8 @@ public void setFixtureFadeRate( float fadeVal )
    ************************************************************************************/
   private final int SLEEP_TIME = 50; // number of ms for the update thread to sleep for
 
+  public final String VERSION_NUM = "1.4";
+  
   private FTDIDmx                ftdiDmx;     // dmx control object
   private ArrayList <DMXFixture> fixtureList; // list of all the DMX fixtures
 
diff --git a/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/FTDI_D2XX.java b/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/FTDI_D2XX.java
index 71d5d90..0c8b60e 100644
--- a/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/FTDI_D2XX.java
+++ b/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/FTDI_D2XX.java
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ public interface FTDI_D2XX extends Library
   final static byte FT_PURGE_RX = 1; // Purge rx and tx buffers
   final static byte FT_PURGE_TX = 2;
 
-  FTDI_D2XX INSTANCE = (FTDI_D2XX) Native.loadLibrary("ftd2xx", FTDI_D2XX.class);
+  //FTDI_D2XX INSTANCE = (FTDI_D2XX) Native.loadLibrary("ftd2xx", FTDI_D2XX.class);
+  // Load the dylib or dll from the Processing DMXForArtist library folder
+  // This is hopefully more reliable than before
+  FTDI_D2XX INSTANCE = (FTDI_D2XX) Native.loadLibrary( new PathFinder().getLibraryPath(), FTDI_D2XX.class); 
+  
   int FT_Open(short intDeviceNumber, PointerByReference handle);
   int FT_Close(Pointer handle);
   int FT_ResetDevice (Pointer handle);
diff --git a/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/OSXValidator.java b/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/OSXValidator.java
index fb052b0..2d75812 100644
--- a/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/OSXValidator.java
+++ b/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/OSXValidator.java
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ public boolean isValid()
 	    
 	    String[] res = commandDylib.getOutput();
 	    
-	    boolean dylibOK = false;
-	    boolean permsOK = false;
+	    boolean dylibOK = true;
+	    boolean permsOK = true;
 	     
-	    if(res.length > 0)
+	    /*if(res.length > 0)
 	    {
 	      String []cols = res[0].split(" "); 
 	      
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public boolean isValid()
 	          permsOK = true;
 	        }
 	      }
-	    }
+	    }*/
 	    
 	    OSXCommand kextstatCmd = new OSXCommand("kextstat");
 	    
diff --git a/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/PathFinder.java b/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/PathFinder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39ba944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/PathFinder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package com.jaysonh.dmx4artists;
+
+public class PathFinder
+{
+   String getLibraryPath()
+   {
+      String res = System.getProperty("java.class.path");
+
+      String [] comps;
+      
+      int os = new SystemValidator().checkOS();
+      
+      // if osx then need to split by :
+      // if win then need to split by ;
+      if(os == SystemValidator.OS_OSX)
+      {
+    	  comps = res.split(":");
+      }else if(os == SystemValidator.OS_WIN)
+      {
+    	  comps = res.split(";");
+      }else
+      {
+    	  comps = null; //empty 
+      }
+      
+      boolean foundLibPath = false;
+      String dmxLibPath = "";
+      
+      for(int i = 0; i < comps.length && !foundLibPath;i++)
+      {
+        if( comps[i].contains("Dmx4Artists"))
+        {
+          String [] paths =comps[i].split("Dmx4Artists");
+          
+          if(os == SystemValidator.OS_OSX)
+          {
+        	  dmxLibPath = paths[0] + "Dmx4Artists/dependencies/osx/libftd2xx.1.2.2.dylib"; 
+          }else if(os == SystemValidator.OS_WIN)
+          {
+        	  dmxLibPath = paths[0] + "Dmx4Artists/dependencies/win/ftd2xx.dll"; 
+          }
+          System.out.println("found path: " + dmxLibPath);
+          foundLibPath = true;
+        }
+      }
+      
+      return dmxLibPath;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/SystemValidator.java b/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/SystemValidator.java
index 46dd6e9..60946af 100644
--- a/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/SystemValidator.java
+++ b/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/SystemValidator.java
@@ -43,6 +43,24 @@ else if(osName.startsWith("mac os x"))
 		  }
 	}
 	
+	/*
+	 * Get the operating string as a 3 letter string
+	 */
+	String getOS()
+	{
+		if( checkOS() == OS_OSX )
+		{
+			return "osx";
+		}else if(checkOS() == OS_WIN )
+		{
+			return "win";
+		}else
+		{
+			System.err.println("Unsupported operating system");
+			return "";
+		}
+	}
+	
 	static final int OS_UNK = 0;
 	static final int OS_OSX = 1;
 	static final int OS_WIN = 2;
diff --git a/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/WINValidator.java b/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/WINValidator.java
index 9d05fff..df9beea 100644
--- a/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/WINValidator.java
+++ b/src/com/jaysonh/dmx4artists/WINValidator.java
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ public class WINValidator
 	   */ 
 	public boolean isValid()
 	{
-		boolean exists    = false;
+		boolean exists    = true;
 	    String  foundPath = "";
-	   
+
+	    /*
 	    // Get the system paths for DLL files
 	    String property = System.getProperty("java.library.path");
 	    StringTokenizer parser = new StringTokenizer(property, ";");
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ public boolean isValid()
 	         }
 	         
 	         return false;
-	      }
+	      }*/
+	      return true;
 	}
 }
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