diff --git a/BuildTools/windows/installer/32bit/GeoDa-win7+.iss b/BuildTools/windows/installer/32bit/GeoDa-win7+.iss
index 7c94e2cb2..36682e567 100644
--- a/BuildTools/windows/installer/32bit/GeoDa-win7+.iss
+++ b/BuildTools/windows/installer/32bit/GeoDa-win7+.iss
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ Source: "..\..\libraries\bin\gdal\plugins-external\ogr_FileGDB.dll"; DestDir: "{
 Source: "..\..\..\..\Algorithms\lisa_kernel.cl"; DestDir: "{app}"
 Source: "..\..\..\..\internationalization\lang\*"; DestDir: "{userappdata}\GeoDa\lang"; Flags: recursesubdirs
 Source: "..\..\..\..\internationalization\lang\config.ini"; DestDir: "{userappdata}\GeoDa\lang"
+; Add lang data back to {app} so they can be copied to other new windows users
+Source: "..\..\..\..\internationalization\lang\*"; DestDir: "{app}\lang"; Flags: recursesubdirs
 Source: "..\..\libraries\bin\gdal-data\*"; DestDir: "{app}\data"; Flags: recursesubdirs
 
 ;Source: "Readme.txt"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: isreadme
diff --git a/BuildTools/windows/installer/32bit/GeoDa.iss b/BuildTools/windows/installer/32bit/GeoDa.iss
index cb92c9ac7..be2540c8b 100644
--- a/BuildTools/windows/installer/32bit/GeoDa.iss
+++ b/BuildTools/windows/installer/32bit/GeoDa.iss
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ Source: "..\..\libraries\bin\gdal\plugins-optional\ogr_MSSQLSpatial.dll"; DestDi
 Source: "..\..\libraries\bin\gdal\plugins-external\ogr_FileGDB.dll"; DestDir: "{app}"
 Source: "..\..\..\..\Algorithms\lisa_kernel.cl"; DestDir: "{app}"
 Source: "..\..\..\..\internationalization\lang\*"; DestDir: "{app}\lang"; Flags: recursesubdirs
+; Add lang data back to {app} so they can be copied to other new windows users
+Source: "..\..\..\..\internationalization\lang\*"; DestDir: "{app}\lang"; Flags: recursesubdirs
 Source: "..\..\libraries\bin\gdal-data\*"; DestDir: "{app}\data"; Flags: recursesubdirs
 
 ;Source: "Readme.txt"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: isreadme
diff --git a/BuildTools/windows/installer/64bit/GeoDa-win7+.iss b/BuildTools/windows/installer/64bit/GeoDa-win7+.iss
index 11bdcbeae..ba8d8b90c 100644
--- a/BuildTools/windows/installer/64bit/GeoDa-win7+.iss
+++ b/BuildTools/windows/installer/64bit/GeoDa-win7+.iss
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ Source: "..\..\libraries\bin\gdal\plugins-external\ogr_FileGDB.dll"; DestDir: "{
 Source: "..\..\..\..\Algorithms\lisa_kernel.cl"; DestDir: "{app}"
 Source: "..\..\..\..\internationalization\lang\*"; DestDir: "{userappdata}\GeoDa\lang"; Flags: recursesubdirs
 Source: "..\..\..\..\internationalization\lang\config.ini"; DestDir: "{userappdata}\GeoDa\lang"
+; Add lang data back to {app} so they can be copied to other new windows users
+Source: "..\..\..\..\internationalization\lang\*"; DestDir: "{app}\lang"; Flags: recursesubdirs
 Source: "..\..\libraries\bin\gdal-data\*"; DestDir: "{app}\data"; Flags: recursesubdirs
 
 ;Source: "Readme.txt"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: isreadme
diff --git a/BuildTools/windows/installer/64bit/GeoDa.iss b/BuildTools/windows/installer/64bit/GeoDa.iss
index 2467aaca6..d8e9b9690 100644
--- a/BuildTools/windows/installer/64bit/GeoDa.iss
+++ b/BuildTools/windows/installer/64bit/GeoDa.iss
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ Source: "..\..\libraries\bin\gdal\plugins-optional\ogr_MSSQLSpatial.dll"; DestDi
 Source: "..\..\libraries\bin\gdal\plugins-external\ogr_FileGDB.dll"; DestDir: "{app}"
 Source: "..\..\..\..\Algorithms\lisa_kernel.cl"; DestDir: "{app}"
 Source: "..\..\..\..\internationalization\lang\*"; DestDir: "{app}\lang"; Flags: recursesubdirs
+; Add lang data back to {app} so they can be copied to other new windows users
+Source: "..\..\..\..\internationalization\lang\*"; DestDir: "{app}\lang"; Flags: recursesubdirs
 Source: "..\..\libraries\bin\gdal-data\*"; DestDir: "{app}\data"; Flags: recursesubdirs
 
 ;Source: "Readme.txt"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: isreadme
diff --git a/DialogTools/PreferenceDlg.cpp b/DialogTools/PreferenceDlg.cpp
index b095ea11c..567282b52 100644
--- a/DialogTools/PreferenceDlg.cpp
+++ b/DialogTools/PreferenceDlg.cpp
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ void PreferenceDlg::OnChooseLanguage(wxCommandEvent& ev)
     OGRDataAdapter::GetInstance().AddEntry("gda_ui_language", sel_str);
     
     // also update the lang/config.ini content    
-    wxString configPath = GenUtils::GetLangSearchPath() + wxFileName::GetPathSeparator() + "config.ini";
+    wxString configPath = GenUtils::GetLangConfigPath() + wxFileName::GetPathSeparator() + "config.ini";
     wxConfigBase * config = new wxFileConfig("GeoDa", wxEmptyString, configPath);
     
     if (lan_sel > 0) {
diff --git a/GenUtils.cpp b/GenUtils.cpp
index 0f8078d8a..d649f2214 100644
--- a/GenUtils.cpp
+++ b/GenUtils.cpp
@@ -2459,7 +2459,7 @@ wxString GenUtils::GetCachePath()
 #endif
 }
 
-wxString GenUtils::GetLangSearchPath()
+wxString GenUtils::GetLangConfigPath()
 {
 #ifdef __linux__
     wxString search_path = GetExeDir() + wxFileName::GetPathSeparator() +  "lang";
@@ -2485,3 +2485,14 @@ wxString GenUtils::GetLangSearchPath()
     
     return search_path;
 }
+
+wxString GenUtils::GetLangSearchPath()
+{
+#ifdef __WXMAC__
+    wxString search_path = GetExeDir() + "/../Resources/lang";
+#else
+    wxString search_path = GetExeDir() + wxFileName::GetPathSeparator() +  "lang";
+#endif
+    
+    return search_path;
+}
diff --git a/GenUtils.h b/GenUtils.h
index af3590337..8be4821e8 100644
--- a/GenUtils.h
+++ b/GenUtils.h
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ namespace GenUtils {
     wxString GetBasemapDir();
     wxString GetCachePath();
     wxString GetLangSearchPath();
+	wxString GetLangConfigPath();
     wxString GetLoggerPath();
 
     bool less_vectors(const vector<int>& a,const vector<int>& b);
diff --git a/GeoDa.cpp b/GeoDa.cpp
index 82b58d62c..2c50031be 100644
--- a/GeoDa.cpp
+++ b/GeoDa.cpp
@@ -275,9 +275,8 @@ bool GdaApp::OnInit(void)
     // search_path is the ./lang directory
     // config_path it the exe directory (every user will have a different config file?)
     wxString search_path = GenUtils::GetLangSearchPath();
-    
+    wxString config_path = GenUtils::GetLangConfigPath()  + wxFileName::GetPathSeparator()+ "config.ini";
     // load language from lang/config.ini if user specified any
-    wxString config_path = search_path + wxFileName::GetPathSeparator()+ "config.ini";
     bool use_native_config = false;
     m_TranslationHelper = new wxTranslationHelper(*this, search_path, use_native_config);
     m_TranslationHelper->SetConfigPath(config_path);
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index fc2128213..7a996533c 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ namespace Gda {
 	const int version_major = 1;
 	const int version_minor = 20;
 	const int version_build = 0;
-	const int version_subbuild = 10;
+	const int version_subbuild = 12;
 	const int version_year = 2022;
-	const int version_month = 2;
-	const int version_day = 5;
+	const int version_month = 4;
+	const int version_day = 10;
 	const int version_night = 0;
 	const int version_type = 2; // 0: alpha, 1: beta, 2: release
 }