diff --git a/fabcar/startFabric.sh b/fabcar/startFabric.sh
index c839a203..30f2ec81 100755
--- a/fabcar/startFabric.sh
+++ b/fabcar/startFabric.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 set -e
 
 # don't rewrite paths for Windows Git Bash users
-export MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1
 starttime=$(date +%s)
 CC_SRC_LANGUAGE=${1:-"go"}
 CC_SRC_LANGUAGE=`echo "$CC_SRC_LANGUAGE" | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]`
@@ -45,6 +44,8 @@ cd ../first-network
 echo y | ./byfn.sh down
 echo y | ./byfn.sh up -a -n -s couchdb
 
+export MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1
+
 CONFIG_ROOT=/opt/gopath/src/github.com/hyperledger/fabric/peer
 ORG1_MSPCONFIGPATH=${CONFIG_ROOT}/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/users/Admin@org1.example.com/msp
 ORG1_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE=${CONFIG_ROOT}/crypto/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/peers/peer0.org1.example.com/tls/ca.crt