diff --git a/files.lua b/files.lua
index 2999c7d..dfa52c2 100644
--- a/files.lua
+++ b/files.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 local lpeg = require('lpeg')
 local re = require('re')
 local Files = { }
+assert(package.nomsupath, "No package.nomsupath was found")
 local _SPOOFED_FILES = { }
 local _FILE_CACHE = setmetatable({ }, {
   __index = _SPOOFED_FILES
@@ -21,14 +22,6 @@ Files.read = function(filename)
     return Files.spoof('stdin', io.read('*a'))
   end
   local file = io.open(filename)
-  if package.nomsupath and not file then
-    for nomsupath in package.nomsupath:gmatch("[^;]+") do
-      file = io.open(nomsupath .. "/" .. filename)
-      if file then
-        break
-      end
-    end
-  end
   if not (file) then
     return nil
   end
@@ -57,11 +50,9 @@ Files.exists = function(path)
   if not (io.popen("ls " .. tostring(sanitize(path))):close()) then
     return true
   end
-  if package.nomsupath then
-    for nomsupath in package.nomsupath:gmatch("[^;]+") do
-      if not (io.popen("ls " .. tostring(nomsupath) .. "/" .. tostring(sanitize(path))):close()) then
-        return true
-      end
+  for nomsupath in package.nomsupath:gmatch("[^;]+") do
+    if not (io.popen("ls " .. tostring(nomsupath) .. "/" .. tostring(sanitize(path))):close()) then
+      return true
     end
   end
   return false
@@ -75,16 +66,24 @@ browse = function(path)
         path
       }
     else
-      local f = io.popen('find -L "' .. package.nomsupath .. '/' .. path .. '" -not -path "*/\\.*" -type f -name "*.nom"')
-      do
-        local _tbl_0 = { }
-        for line in f:lines() do
-          local _key_0, _val_0 = line
-          _tbl_0[_key_0] = _val_0
+      local result = false
+      for nomsupath in package.nomsupath:gmatch("[^;]+") do
+        local f = io.popen('find -L "' .. nomsupath .. '/' .. path .. '" -not -path "*/\\.*" -type f -name "*.nom"')
+        do
+          local _accum_0 = { }
+          local _len_0 = 1
+          for line in f:lines() do
+            _accum_0[_len_0] = line
+            _len_0 = _len_0 + 1
+          end
+          files = _accum_0
+        end
+        if f:close() then
+          result = files
+          break
         end
-        files = _tbl_0
       end
-      _BROWSE_CACHE[path] = f:close() and files or false
+      _BROWSE_CACHE[path] = result
     end
   end
   return _BROWSE_CACHE[path]
@@ -107,11 +106,9 @@ if ok then
     if path == 'stdin' or raw_file_exists(path) then
       return true
     end
-    if package.nomsupath then
-      for nomsupath in package.nomsupath:gmatch("[^;]+") do
-        if raw_file_exists(nomsupath .. "/" .. path) then
-          return true
-        end
+    for nomsupath in package.nomsupath:gmatch("[^;]+") do
+      if raw_file_exists(nomsupath .. "/" .. path) then
+        return true
       end
     end
     return false
@@ -139,12 +136,21 @@ if ok then
         elseif file_type == 'directory' or file_type == 'link' then
           local files = { }
           for subfile in lfs.dir(filename) do
-            if not (subfile == "." or subfile == "..") then
+            local _continue_0 = false
+            repeat
+              if subfile == "." or subfile == ".." then
+                _continue_0 = true
+                break
+              end
               local _list_0 = (browse(filename .. "/" .. subfile) or { })
               for _index_0 = 1, #_list_0 do
                 local f = _list_0[_index_0]
                 files[#files + 1] = f
               end
+              _continue_0 = true
+            until true
+            if not _continue_0 then
+              break
             end
           end
           _BROWSE_CACHE[filename] = files
@@ -167,14 +173,12 @@ Files.walk = function(path, flush_cache)
   if flush_cache then
     _BROWSE_CACHE = { }
   end
-  local files = browse(path)
-  if package.nomsupath and not files then
-    for nomsupath in package.nomsupath:gmatch("[^;]+") do
-      do
-        files = browse(nomsupath .. "/" .. path)
-        if files then
-          break
-        end
+  local files
+  for nomsupath in package.nomsupath:gmatch("[^;]+") do
+    do
+      files = browse(nomsupath .. "/" .. path)
+      if files then
+        break
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/files.moon b/files.moon
index bdf95e3..2631db5 100644
--- a/files.moon
+++ b/files.moon
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 lpeg = require 'lpeg'
 re = require 're'
 Files = {}
+assert package.nomsupath, "No package.nomsupath was found"
 
 _SPOOFED_FILES = {}
 _FILE_CACHE = setmetatable {}, __index:_SPOOFED_FILES
@@ -19,10 +20,6 @@ Files.read = (filename)->
     if filename == 'stdin'
         return Files.spoof('stdin', io.read('*a'))
     file = io.open(filename)
-    if package.nomsupath and not file
-        for nomsupath in package.nomsupath\gmatch("[^;]+")
-            file = io.open(nomsupath.."/"..filename)
-            break if file
     return nil unless file
     contents = file\read("*a")
     file\close!
@@ -43,9 +40,8 @@ sanitize = (path)->
 Files.exists = (path)->
     return true if _SPOOFED_FILES[path]
     return true unless io.popen("ls #{sanitize(path)}")\close!
-    if package.nomsupath
-        for nomsupath in package.nomsupath\gmatch("[^;]+")
-            return true unless io.popen("ls #{nomsupath}/#{sanitize(path)}")\close!
+    for nomsupath in package.nomsupath\gmatch("[^;]+")
+        return true unless io.popen("ls #{nomsupath}/#{sanitize(path)}")\close!
     return false
 
 browse = (path)->
@@ -54,9 +50,14 @@ browse = (path)->
         _BROWSE_CACHE[path] = if _SPOOFED_FILES[path]
             {path}
         else
-            f = io.popen('find -L "'..package.nomsupath..'/'..path..'" -not -path "*/\\.*" -type f -name "*.nom"')
-            files = {line for line in f\lines!}
-            f\close! and files or false
+            result = false
+            for nomsupath in package.nomsupath\gmatch("[^;]+")
+                f = io.popen('find -L "'..nomsupath..'/'..path..'" -not -path "*/\\.*" -type f -name "*.nom"')
+                files = [line for line in f\lines!]
+                if f\close!
+                    result = files
+                    break
+            result
     return _BROWSE_CACHE[path]
 
 ok, lfs = pcall(require, "lfs")
@@ -67,9 +68,8 @@ if ok
     Files.exists = (path)->
         return true if _SPOOFED_FILES[path]
         return true if path == 'stdin' or raw_file_exists(path)
-        if package.nomsupath
-            for nomsupath in package.nomsupath\gmatch("[^;]+")
-                return true if raw_file_exists(nomsupath.."/"..path)
+        for nomsupath in package.nomsupath\gmatch("[^;]+")
+            return true if raw_file_exists(nomsupath.."/"..path)
         return false
 
     export browse
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ if ok
                 elseif file_type == 'directory' or file_type == 'link'
                     files = {}
                     for subfile in lfs.dir(filename)
-                        unless subfile == "." or subfile == ".."
-                            for f in *(browse(filename.."/"..subfile) or {})
-                                files[#files+1] = f
+                        continue if subfile == "." or subfile == ".."
+                        for f in *(browse(filename.."/"..subfile) or {})
+                            files[#files+1] = f
                     files
                 else false
         return _BROWSE_CACHE[filename]
@@ -102,10 +102,9 @@ Files.walk = (path, flush_cache=false)->
     if flush_cache
         export _BROWSE_CACHE
         _BROWSE_CACHE = {}
-    files = browse(path)
-    if package.nomsupath and not files
-        for nomsupath in package.nomsupath\gmatch("[^;]+")
-            if files = browse(nomsupath.."/"..path) then break
+    local files
+    for nomsupath in package.nomsupath\gmatch("[^;]+")
+        if files = browse(nomsupath.."/"..path) then break
     iter = (files, i)->
         return unless files
         i += 1
diff --git a/lib/version.nom b/lib/version.nom
index b1034d8..e6328d1 100644
--- a/lib/version.nom
+++ b/lib/version.nom
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nomsu -V2.5.4.3
 # This file sets the current library version.
-lua> "NOMSU_LIB_VERSION = 3"
+lua> "NOMSU_LIB_VERSION = 4"
diff --git a/nomsu.lua b/nomsu.lua
index 8d591e3..32592dc 100644
--- a/nomsu.lua
+++ b/nomsu.lua
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ if NOMSU_VERSION and NOMSU_PREFIX then
       _len_0 = _len_0 + 1
     end
     return _accum_0
-  end)(), ";")
+  end)(), ";") .. ";."
+else
+  package.nomsupath = "."
 end
 local EXIT_SUCCESS, EXIT_FAILURE = 0, 1
 local usage = [=[Nomsu Compiler
diff --git a/nomsu.moon b/nomsu.moon
index 71ab68d..fe0b777 100755
--- a/nomsu.moon
+++ b/nomsu.moon
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ if NOMSU_VERSION and NOMSU_PREFIX
     partial_vers = [table.concat(ver_bits,'.',1,i) for i=#ver_bits,1,-1]
     package.path = table.concat(["#{NOMSU_PREFIX}/share/nomsu/#{v}/?.lua" for v in *partial_vers],";")..";"..package.path
     package.cpath = table.concat(["#{NOMSU_PREFIX}/lib/nomsu/#{v}/?.so" for v in *partial_vers],";")..";"..package.cpath
-    package.nomsupath = table.concat(["#{NOMSU_PREFIX}/share/nomsu/#{v}" for v in *partial_vers],";")
+    package.nomsupath = table.concat(["#{NOMSU_PREFIX}/share/nomsu/#{v}" for v in *partial_vers],";")..";."
+else
+    package.nomsupath = "."
 
 EXIT_SUCCESS, EXIT_FAILURE = 0, 1
 usage = [=[
diff --git a/nomsu_compiler.lua b/nomsu_compiler.lua
index 42b1a1d..56bd1e8 100644
--- a/nomsu_compiler.lua
+++ b/nomsu_compiler.lua
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ local NomsuCompiler = setmetatable({ }, {
   end
 })
 do
-  NomsuCompiler.NOMSU_COMPILER_VERSION = 4
+  NomsuCompiler.NOMSU_COMPILER_VERSION = 5
   NomsuCompiler.NOMSU_SYNTAX_VERSION = Parser.version
   NomsuCompiler._ENV = NomsuCompiler
   NomsuCompiler.nomsu = NomsuCompiler
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ do
       if not (ran_lua) then
         local file = Files.read(filename)
         if not file then
-          error("File does not exist: " .. tostring(filename), 0)
+          error("Tried to run file that does not exist: " .. tostring(filename))
         end
         ret = self:run(file, Source(filename, 1, #file))
       end
diff --git a/nomsu_compiler.moon b/nomsu_compiler.moon
index ee5eca4..82d0e14 100644
--- a/nomsu_compiler.moon
+++ b/nomsu_compiler.moon
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ dict = (t)-> setmetatable(t, _dict_mt)
 MAX_LINE = 80 -- For beautification purposes, try not to make lines much longer than this value
 NomsuCompiler = setmetatable({}, {__index: (k)=> if _self = rawget(@, "self") then _self[k] else nil})
 with NomsuCompiler
-    .NOMSU_COMPILER_VERSION = 4
+    .NOMSU_COMPILER_VERSION = 5
     .NOMSU_SYNTAX_VERSION = Parser.version
     ._ENV = NomsuCompiler
     .nomsu = NomsuCompiler
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ with NomsuCompiler
 
     _running_files = {} -- For detecting circular imports
     .run_file = (filename)=>
+        -- Filename should be an absolute path, i.e. package.nomsupath will not be searched for it
         if @LOADED[filename]
             return @LOADED[filename]
         -- Check for circular import
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ with NomsuCompiler
             unless ran_lua
                 file = Files.read(filename)
                 if not file
-                    error("File does not exist: #{filename}", 0)
+                    error("Tried to run file that does not exist: #{filename}")
                 ret = @run file, Source(filename,1,#file)
         else
             error("Invalid filetype for #{filename}", 0)