Calum Gallagher, the scorer of the key goal which lifted Cowden off the foot of the Championship, stressed it was just the first stage of a survival plan geared to keeping the club in the second tier of Scottish football.
The attacking midfielder is loving his time at the Fife club during his loan spell from Rangers and would be happy to stay after January.
After grabbing the 54th-minute goal which consigned Livingston to bottom spot, he said: “The feeling in the dressing room has been that we had been unlucky not to take anything from our matches with Rangers, Hibs and Raith Rovers, and we knew that this was a must-win game.
“While we let ourselves down with some poor passing in the first half, our work-rate was brilliant and the lads at the back were on form, so we knew that if we stepped up a gear we could get the win we wanted.
“The second-half was a lot better from us and the goal came from a good move and I was just delighted to be in the right place to beat the offside trap and slot the ball home.
“But while it is three points we know we need a lot more wins in the coming months to get into the safe position we feel we are good enough to achieve.”
The midfielder’s loan deal is up at the end of the year, but he would be happy to stay at Cowden.
“Playing regularly in a good standard of football is really helping develop my game, and I would be happy to stay here if that is what Rangers and Cowdenbeath agree,” he added.
This Championship basement battle saw Cowdenbeath have plenty of possession in the first-half, but fail to work Livi goalkeeper Darren Jamieson enough.
At the other end home keeper Robbie Thomson had little to do either, with the teams cancelling each other out.
But once Gallagher put Cowden ahead, the Fifers had chances to seal the win.
They did not take them, and in the closing moments Livingston came back at them and Thomson had to make a couple of good saves.
Cowdenbeath manager Jimmy Nicholl said: “In the first half some of our passing was very poor and at the break I had a go at them about it and to their credit they got the goal, and should have had more.
“But by us not grabbing the second, Livingston were still in the game and they came at us strongly in the closing quarter and we had to defend really well to clinch the points.”
Livingston boss John McGlynn said: “We had a good run earlier in the campaign which saw us get into a good position, but since then we have been struggling badly and in this game we failed to get the point our late rally probably deserved.”