diff --git a/library_functions.js b/library_functions.js
index 5de1b256..1c38ee06 100644
--- a/library_functions.js
+++ b/library_functions.js
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ var async = require('async');
 var SoundcloudResolver = require('soundcloud-resolver');
 var ytdl = require('ytdl-core');
 var youtubePlaylistInfo = require('youtube-playlist-info').playlistInfo;
+var os = require('os');
+
+// if the platform is windows, set these
+if (os.platform() === 'win32') {
+  process.env.FFMPEG_PATH = path.join(__dirname, 'ffmpeg.exe');
+  process.env.FFPROBE_PATH = path.join(__dirname, 'ffprobe.exe');
+}
 
 // ffmpeg is optional, allow failure of loading
 try {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e0ec3c0a..40cf170e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "ytdl-core": "*"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "ffmetadata": "^1.3.0",
+    "ffmetadata": "git+https://github.com/benkaiser/node-ffmetadata.git",
     "fluent-ffmpeg": "~2.0.0-rc1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {