diff --git a/lib/msf/core/exploit/exe.rb b/lib/msf/core/exploit/exe.rb
index c27c4537c0..f4495c9558 100644
--- a/lib/msf/core/exploit/exe.rb
+++ b/lib/msf/core/exploit/exe.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Exploit::EXE
 
 		register_advanced_options(
 			[
-				OptString.new( 'EXE::Custom',   [ false, 'Use custom exe instead of automatically generating a payload exe']),
+				OptPath.new(   'EXE::Custom',   [ false, 'Use custom exe instead of automatically generating a payload exe']),
 				OptString.new( 'EXE::Path',     [ false, 'The directory in which to look for the executable template' ]),
 				OptString.new( 'EXE::Template', [ false, 'The executable template file name.' ]),
 				OptBool.new(   'EXE::Inject',   [ false, 'Set to preserve the original EXE function' ]),
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ module Exploit::EXE
 	end
 
 	def get_custom_exe
+		print_status("Using custom executable #{datastore["EXE::Custom"]}, RHOST and RPORT settins will be ignored!")
 		datastore['DisablePayloadHandler'] = true
 		file = ::File.open(datastore['EXE::Custom'],'rb')
 		exe = file.read(file.stat.size)