diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f21fb093..675c14d6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ endif()
 
 set(USE_PCH FALSE CACHE BOOL "Use shared precompiled headers")
 
+get_filename_component(EPEE_INCLUDE_PATH_FOR_SUBMODULES contrib/epee/include ABSOLUTE ) 
+message("Epee absolute path set to: ${EPEE_INCLUDE_PATH_FOR_SUBMODULES}")
+
 include_directories(src contrib/eos_portable_archive contrib contrib/epee/include "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/version" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/contrib/zlib")
 
 add_definitions(-DSTATICLIB)
diff --git a/contrib/tor-connect b/contrib/tor-connect
index 63577d17..800d1e9b 160000
--- a/contrib/tor-connect
+++ b/contrib/tor-connect
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 63577d17cbae659ec6a91ca30410eb7559253485
+Subproject commit 800d1e9b05807424ad64f41cdd7af2ddee2e5757