diff --git a/website/functions/acorn b/website/functions/acorn
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+#!/bin/sh
+basedir=$(dirname "$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,\\,/,g')")
+
+case `uname` in
+    *CYGWIN*) basedir=`cygpath -w "$basedir"`;;
+esac
+
+if [ -x "$basedir/node" ]; then
+  "$basedir/node"  "$basedir/../acorn/bin/acorn" "$@"
+  ret=$?
+else 
+  node  "$basedir/../acorn/bin/acorn" "$@"
+  ret=$?
+fi
+exit $ret