diff --git a/bin/nexe b/bin/nexe
index 960e5c7..4b73d05 100755
--- a/bin/nexe
+++ b/bin/nexe
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ function toRelative(pt) {
 }
 
 
-
 require('../lib').compile({ 
-	input       : toRelative(argv.i),
+	input       : require.resolve(toRelative(argv.i)),
 	output      : toRelative(argv.o), 
 	flags       : argv.f,
 	nodeVersion : argv.r, 
diff --git a/lib/exe.js b/lib/exe.js
index 31158ea..56ec8f8 100644
--- a/lib/exe.js
+++ b/lib/exe.js
@@ -149,7 +149,15 @@ function _downloadNode (version, directory, complete) {
 
 			var output = fs.createWriteStream(nodeFilePath, { "flags": "w+" });
 
-			_logProgress(request(url)).pipe(output);
+			// need to set user-agent to bypass some corporate firewalls
+			var requestOptions = {
+				url: url,
+				headers: {
+					"User-Agent": "Node.js"
+				}
+			}
+
+			_logProgress(request(requestOptions)).pipe(output);
 
 			output.on("close", function () { next(); });
 		},
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f6b71f..dccbd3c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     "async": "~0.2.10",
     "colors": "~0.6.2",
     "glob": "~3.2.9",
-    "progress": "~1.1.3"
     "progress": "~1.1.3",
     "tar.gz": "0.1.1"
   },