diff --git a/src/compiler/GF/Compile.hs b/src/compiler/GF/Compile.hs
index cd5c643b2..b8db1e1a9 100644
--- a/src/compiler/GF/Compile.hs
+++ b/src/compiler/GF/Compile.hs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ compileModule opts1 env file = do
                        exists <- ioeIO $ doesFileExist file1
                        if exists
                          then return file1
-                         else ioeErr $ Bad (render (text "None of this files exist:" $$ nest 2 (text file $$ text file1)))
+                         else ioeErr $ Bad (render (text "None of these files exists:" $$ nest 2 (text file $$ text file1)))
                else ioeErr $ Bad (render (text "File" <+> text file <+> text "does not exist."))
 
 compileOne :: Options -> CompileEnv -> FullPath -> IOE CompileEnv
diff --git a/src/compiler/GF/Infra/UseIO.hs b/src/compiler/GF/Infra/UseIO.hs
index dec2269fd..756df0679 100644
--- a/src/compiler/GF/Infra/UseIO.hs
+++ b/src/compiler/GF/Infra/UseIO.hs
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ getLibraryDirectory opts =
 
 getGrammarPath :: FilePath -> IO [FilePath]
 getGrammarPath lib_dir = do
-  catch (fmap splitSearchPath $ getEnv gfGrammarPathVar) (\_ -> return [lib_dir </> "prelude"])     -- e.g. GF_GRAMMAR_PATH
+  catch (fmap splitSearchPath $ getEnv gfGrammarPathVar) 
+        (\_ -> return [lib_dir </> "alltenses",lib_dir </> "prelude"])     -- e.g. GF_GRAMMAR_PATH
 
 -- | extends the search path with the
 -- 'gfLibraryPath' and 'gfGrammarPathVar'