diff --git a/installer/msi/filebot.platform.launcher.l4j.ini b/installer/msi/filebot.platform.launcher.l4j.ini
index 1aa283d5..068347b0 100644
--- a/installer/msi/filebot.platform.launcher.l4j.ini
+++ b/installer/msi/filebot.platform.launcher.l4j.ini
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 # look for fpcalc here
 -Dnet.filebot.AcoustID.fpcalc="%EXEDIR%\fpcalc.exe"
 
+# use Java implementation for extracting archives
+-Dnet.filebot.Archive.extractor="ApacheVFS"
+
 # force english locale
 -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 -Duser.country=US
@@ -41,3 +44,6 @@
 
 # force platform L&F
 -Dswing.systemlaf=javax.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusLookAndFeel
+
+# force HTTP for OpenSubtitles API calls (useful for debugging requests with Fiddler)
+-Dnet.filebot.OpenSubtitlesXmlRpc.url="http://api.opensubtitles.org/xml-rpc"