diff --git a/lib/sugar/bundle/contentbundle.py b/lib/sugar/bundle/contentbundle.py
index 517ee9a8..9e2d36e4 100644
--- a/lib/sugar/bundle/contentbundle.py
+++ b/lib/sugar/bundle/contentbundle.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
 import os
 
 from sugar import env
-from sugar.bundle.bundle import Bundle, NotInstalledException
+from sugar.bundle.bundle import Bundle, NotInstalledException, \
+    MalformedBundleException
 
 class ContentBundle(Bundle):
     """A Sugar content bundle
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ class ContentBundle(Bundle):
     def _run_indexer(self):
         os.spawnlp(os.P_WAIT, 'python',
                    'python',
-                   os.path.join(env.get_user_library_path(), 'makeIndex.py'))
+                   env.get_prefix_path('share/library-common/make_index.py'))
 
     def is_installed(self):
         if self._unpacked:
diff --git a/lib/sugar/env.py b/lib/sugar/env.py
index c46b7d07..ea0be7b8 100644
--- a/lib/sugar/env.py
+++ b/lib/sugar/env.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 import os
 
-def _get_prefix_path(base, path=None):
+def get_prefix_path(base, path=None):
     if os.environ.has_key('SUGAR_PREFIX'):
         prefix = os.environ['SUGAR_PREFIX']
     else:
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ def get_user_library_path():
     return os.path.expanduser('~/Library')
 
 def get_locale_path(path=None):
-    return _get_prefix_path('share/locale', path)
+    return get_prefix_path('share/locale', path)
 
 def get_bin_path(path=None):
-    return _get_prefix_path('bin', path)
+    return get_prefix_path('bin', path)
 
 def get_service_path(name):
     return _get_sugar_path('services', name)