diff --git a/spacy/__init__.py b/spacy/__init__.py
index 8bb1c2129..05e732a50 100644
--- a/spacy/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/__init__.py
@@ -32,18 +32,6 @@ set_lang_class(nl.Dutch.lang, nl.Dutch)
 def load(name, **overrides):
     target_name, target_version = util.split_data_name(name)
     data_path = overrides.get('path', util.get_data_path())
-    if target_name == 'en' and 'add_vectors' not in overrides:
-        if 'vectors' in overrides:
-            vec_path = util.match_best_version(overrides['vectors'], None, data_path)
-            if vec_path is None:
-                raise IOError(
-                    'Could not load data pack %s from %s' % (overrides['vectors'], data_path))
-
-        else:
-            vec_path = util.match_best_version('en_glove_cc_300_1m_vectors', None, data_path)
-        if vec_path is not None:
-            vec_path = vec_path / 'vocab' / 'vec.bin'
-            overrides['add_vectors'] = lambda vocab: vocab.load_vectors_from_bin_loc(vec_path)
     path = util.match_best_version(target_name, target_version, data_path)
     cls = get_lang_class(target_name)
     overrides['path'] = path
diff --git a/spacy/en/__init__.py b/spacy/en/__init__.py
index 24506c145..55832543d 100644
--- a/spacy/en/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/en/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function
 
 from os import path
 
+from ..util import match_best_version
 from ..language import Language
 from ..lemmatizer import Lemmatizer
 from ..vocab import Vocab
@@ -23,3 +24,31 @@ class English(Language):
         tag_map = TAG_MAP
         stop_words = STOP_WORDS
         lemma_rules = LEMMA_RULES
+
+
+    def __init__(self, **overrides):
+        # Make a special-case hack for loading the GloVe vectors, to support
+        # deprecated <1.0 stuff. Phase this out once the data is fixed.
+        overrides = _fix_deprecated_glove_vectors_loading(overrides)
+        Language.__init__(self, **overrides)
+
+
+def _fix_deprecated_glove_vectors_loading(overrides):
+    if 'data_dir' in overrides and 'path' not in overrides:
+        raise ValueError("The argument 'data_dir' has been renamed to 'path'")
+    if overrides.get('path') is None:
+        return overrides
+    path = overrides['path']
+    if 'add_vectors' not in overrides:
+        data_path = path.parent
+        if 'vectors' in overrides:
+            vec_path = match_best_version(overrides['vectors'], None, data_path)
+            if vec_path is None:
+                raise IOError(
+                    'Could not load data pack %s from %s' % (overrides['vectors'], data_path))
+        else:
+            vec_path = match_best_version('en_glove_cc_300_1m_vectors', None, data_path)
+        if vec_path is not None:
+            vec_path = vec_path / 'vocab' / 'vec.bin'
+    overrides['add_vectors'] = lambda vocab: vocab.load_vectors_from_bin_loc(vec_path)
+    return overrides