diff --git a/modules/PhysiCell_settings.cpp b/modules/PhysiCell_settings.cpp
index 538f6a8ea..09fd77158 100644
--- a/modules/PhysiCell_settings.cpp
+++ b/modules/PhysiCell_settings.cpp
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ bool create_directories(const std::string &path)
 
 bool create_directory(const std::string &path)
 {
-#if defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(__MINGW64__)
+#if defined(_WIN32)
 	bool success = mkdir(path.c_str()) == 0;
 #else
 	bool success = mkdir(path.c_str(), 0755) == 0;
diff --git a/sample_projects/template/custom_modules/custom.cpp b/sample_projects/template/custom_modules/custom.cpp
index 59b23bd93..cf5fa41da 100644
--- a/sample_projects/template/custom_modules/custom.cpp
+++ b/sample_projects/template/custom_modules/custom.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ void create_cell_types( void )
 	
 	cell_defaults.functions.add_cell_basement_membrane_interactions = NULL; 
 	cell_defaults.functions.calculate_distance_to_membrane = NULL; 
+
+	cell_defaults.functions.update_phenotype = phenotype_function;
+	cell_defaults.functions.custom_cell_rule = custom_function;
+	cell_defaults.functions.contact_function = contact_function;
 	
 	/*
 	   This parses the cell definitions in the XML config file. 
@@ -126,9 +130,6 @@ void create_cell_types( void )
 	   This is a good place to set custom functions. 
 	*/ 
 	
-	cell_defaults.functions.update_phenotype = phenotype_function; 
-	cell_defaults.functions.custom_cell_rule = custom_function; 
-	cell_defaults.functions.contact_function = contact_function; 
 	
 	/*
 	   This builds the map of cell definitions and summarizes the setup. 
@@ -211,4 +212,4 @@ void custom_function( Cell* pCell, Phenotype& phenotype , double dt )
 { return; } 
 
 void contact_function( Cell* pMe, Phenotype& phenoMe , Cell* pOther, Phenotype& phenoOther , double dt )
-{ return; } 
\ No newline at end of file
+{ return; }
diff --git a/sample_projects/template/main.cpp b/sample_projects/template/main.cpp
index bf6e65d15..95cc556ef 100644
--- a/sample_projects/template/main.cpp
+++ b/sample_projects/template/main.cpp
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
 	
 	std::cout << std::endl << "Total simulation runtime: " << std::endl; 
 	BioFVM::display_stopwatch_value( std::cout , BioFVM::runtime_stopwatch_value() ); 
+	std::cout << std::endl;
 
 	return 0; 
 }