diff --git a/ipmi/__init__.py b/ipmi/__init__.py
index e6ee538..8e170ae 100644
--- a/ipmi/__init__.py
+++ b/ipmi/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-from ipmi import ipmitool, IPMIError
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from .ipmi import ipmitool, IPMIError
diff --git a/ipmi/ipmi.py b/ipmi/ipmi.py
index d02867e..92c3b28 100644
--- a/ipmi/ipmi.py
+++ b/ipmi/ipmi.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def __init__(self, console, password, username='root'):
         
         self.args = ['-I', 'lanplus', '-H', self.console, '-U', self.username]
         
-        if sys.platform == 'linux2':
+        if sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
             self.args.extend(['-P', self.password])
             self.method = self._subprocess_method
                     
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def _get_ipmitool_path(self, cmd='ipmitool'):
         p = subprocess.Popen(["which", cmd], 
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)                
         out, err =  p.communicate()
-        return out.strip()
+        return out.strip().decode()
     
     
     # common ipmi command shortcuts
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 75b1fe7..a74c60c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 setup(
     name='ipmitools',
     packages=['ipmi'],
-    version='0.3',
+    version='0.4',
     description='Run ipmitool commands on consoles',
     author='Raghu Udiyar',
     author_email='raghusiddarth@gmail.com',
     url='https://github.com/raags/ipmitool',
-    download_url='https://github.com/raags/ipmitool/tarball/0.3',
+    download_url='https://github.com/raags/ipmitool/tarball/0.4',
     install_requires=['pexpect', 'argparse'],
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [