diff --git a/.vimrc.cygwin b/.vimrc.cygwin
index 18efa097..6e30ceda 100755
--- a/.vimrc.cygwin
+++ b/.vimrc.cygwin
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-source .vimrc.cygwin.prelude
-source .vimrc.common.plugins
-source .vimrc.cygwin.plugins
-source .vimrc.common.epilogue
-source .vimrc.cygwin.settings
+source ~/dev/dotfiles/.vimrc.common.prelude
+source ~/dev/dotfiles/.vimrc.common.plugins
+source ~/dev/dotfiles/.vimrc.cygwin.plugins
+source ~/dev/dotfiles/.vimrc.common.epilogue
+source ~/dev/dotfiles/.vimrc.cygwin.settings
 
diff --git a/windows_cygwin/build.bat b/windows_cygwin/build.bat
index 405f244c..500e58d8 100755
--- a/windows_cygwin/build.bat
+++ b/windows_cygwin/build.bat
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ choco install -y --allowEmptyChecksum firefox googlechrome wget notepadplusplus
 call refreshenv
 
 wget -c https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe
-setup-x86_64.exe -R "C:\cygwin64" -s http://cygwin.netbet.org/ -q -g -P curl,zsh,git,vim,wget,xz,tar,gawk,bzip2,subversion,zlib,fontconfig,clang,cmake,lua,perl,the_silver_searcher
+setup-x86_64.exe -R "C:\cygwin64" -s http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/cygwin/ -q -g -P curl,zsh,git,vim,wget,xz,tar,gawk,bzip2,subversion,zlib,fontconfig,clang,cmake,lua,perl,the_silver_searcher
 
 set script_path=%~dp0
 set repo_path=%script_path%\..\
diff --git a/windows_cygwin/build_insider.sh b/windows_cygwin/build_insider.sh
index 507496b6..976f703e 100755
--- a/windows_cygwin/build_insider.sh
+++ b/windows_cygwin/build_insider.sh
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ ln -vfs $DIR/windows_cygwin/.minttyrc $HOME/
 ln -vfs $DIR/.gitconfig.cygwin $HOME/.gitconfig
 ln -vfs $DIR/.vimrc.cygwin $HOME/.vimrc
 
+# reinstall plugins with the new vimrc
+echo "\n" | vim +PluginInstall +qa
+