diff --git a/setup/resources.py b/setup/resources.py
index 1501e28017..afa8829988 100644
--- a/setup/resources.py
+++ b/setup/resources.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class Resources(Command):
         dest = self.j(self.RESOURCES, 'localization',
                 'pykakasi','itaijidict2.pickle')
 
-        if self.newer(dest, src):
+        if self.newer(dest, src) or iswindows:
             self.info('\tGenerating Itaijidict')
             self.mkitaiji(src, dest)
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class Resources(Command):
         dest = self.j(self.RESOURCES, 'localization',
                 'pykakasi','kanadict2.pickle')
 
-        if self.newer(dest, src):
+        if self.newer(dest, src) or iswindows:
             self.info('\tGenerating kanadict')
             self.mkkanadict(src, dest)
 
diff --git a/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py b/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py
index 0ae89b1663..b1dbebb775 100644
--- a/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py
+++ b/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ ol, ul { padding-left: 2em; }
         self.writedata()
         c = attrs.get( (TEXTNS,'style-name'), None)
         htmlattrs = {}
-        # Changed by Kovid to handle inline apecial styles defined on <text:span> tags.
+        # Changed by Kovid to handle inline special styles defined on <text:span> tags.
         # Apparently LibreOffice does this.
         special = 'span'
         if c:
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ ol, ul { padding-left: 2em; }
         """ End the <text:span> """
         self.writedata()
         c = attrs.get( (TEXTNS,'style-name'), None)
-        # Changed by Kovid to handle inline apecial styles defined on <text:span> tags.
+        # Changed by Kovid to handle inline special styles defined on <text:span> tags.
         # Apparently LibreOffice does this.
         special = 'span'
         if c: