diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ac7c69f9c..8a6e7dc9a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ plac
 six
 ujson
 cloudpickle
+sputnik == 0.4.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 40c25f42f..00b92368e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def run_setup(exts):
         license="MIT",
         install_requires=['numpy', 'murmurhash', 'cymem == 1.30', 'preshed == 0.44',
                           'thinc == 4.0.0', "text_unidecode", 'plac', 'six',
-                          'ujson', 'cloudpickle'],
+                          'ujson', 'cloudpickle', 'sputnik == 0.4.1'],
         setup_requires=["headers_workaround"],
         cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext_subclass },
     )
diff --git a/spacy/en/download.py b/spacy/en/download.py
index a10200899..47a33ec92 100644
--- a/spacy/en/download.py
+++ b/spacy/en/download.py
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ def migrate(path):
 def link(package, path):
     if os.path.exists(path):
         os.unlink(path)
-    os.symlink(os.path.join(package.path, 'data'),
-               os.path.join(path))
+    os.symlink(package.dir_path('data'), path)
 
 
 @plac.annotations(