diff --git a/messenger/make.py b/messenger/make.py
index fa686be..5ada5d8 100755
--- a/messenger/make.py
+++ b/messenger/make.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     messenger_dir = 'mexa64'
 elif platform.startswith('darwin'):
     messenger_dir = 'mexmaci64'
-if platform.startswith('win32'):
+elif platform.startswith('win32'):
     # We further need to differniate 32 from 64 bit:
     maxint = sys.maxint()
     if maxint == 9223372036854775807:
@@ -23,45 +23,51 @@
         messenger_dir = 'mexw32'
     
 # Open the configure file and start parsing
-config = open(os.path.join(messenger_dir, 'local.cfg'), 'r')
+with open(os.path.join(messenger_dir, 'local.cfg'), 'r') as config:
+    for line in config:
+        try:
+            line = line.decode('utf-8')
 
-for line in config.decode('utf-8'):
-    path = line.split('=')
+        # python3
+        except:
+            pass
 
-    if path[0] == "MATLAB_BIN":
-        print("Searching for Matlab bin folder in local.cfg ...")
-        matlab_bin = path[1].rstrip('\r\n')
-        if matlab_bin == "":
-            raise ValueError("Could not find Matlab bin folder. Please add it to local.cfg")
-        print("Matlab found in " + matlab_bin)
+        path = line.split('=')
 
-    elif path[0] == "HEADER_PATH":
-        print("Searching for zmq.h in local.cfg ...")
-        header_path = path[1].rstrip('\r\n')
-        if header_path == "":
-            raise ValueError("Could not find zmq.h. Please add its path to local.cfg")
-        print("zmq.h found in " + header_path)
+        if path[0] == "MATLAB_BIN":
+            print("Searching for Matlab bin folder in local.cfg ...")
+            matlab_bin = path[1].rstrip('\r\n')
+            if matlab_bin == "":
+                raise ValueError("Could not find Matlab bin folder. Please add it to local.cfg")
+            print("Matlab found in " + matlab_bin)
 
-    elif path[0] == "LIB_PATH":
-        print("Searching for zmq library in local.cfg ...")
-        lib_path = path[1].rstrip('\r\n')
-        if lib_path == "":
-            raise ValueError("Could not find zmq library. Please add its path to local.cfg")
+        elif path[0] == "HEADER_PATH":
+            print("Searching for zmq.h in local.cfg ...")
+            header_path = path[1].rstrip('\r\n')
+            if header_path == "":
+                raise ValueError("Could not find zmq.h. Please add its path to local.cfg")
+            print("zmq.h found in " + header_path)
+
+        elif path[0] == "LIB_PATH":
+            print("Searching for zmq library in local.cfg ...")
+            lib_path = path[1].rstrip('\r\n')
+            if lib_path == "":
+                raise ValueError("Could not find zmq library. Please add its path to local.cfg")
+
+            print("zmq library found in " + lib_path)
 
-	print("zmq library found in " + lib_path)
 
-config.close()
 
 # Get the extension
 if platform == 'win32':
     extcmd = '"' + matlab_bin + "\\mexext.bat" + '"'
-    check_extension = subprocess.Popen(extcmd, stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
-    extension = check_extension.stdout.readline().rstrip('\r\n')
 else:
     extcmd = matlab_bin + "/mexext"
-    check_extension = subprocess.Popen(extcmd, stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
-    extension = check_extension.stdout.readline().rstrip('\r\n')
 
+check_extension = subprocess.Popen(extcmd, stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
+extension = check_extension.stdout.read()
+extension = extension.decode('utf-8').rstrip('\r\n')
+    
 print("Building messenger." + extension + " ...")
 
 # Build the mex file
@@ -70,7 +76,11 @@
 else:
     mex = "/mex"
 make_cmd = '"' + matlab_bin + mex + '"' + " -O -I" + header_path + " -L" + lib_path + " -lzmq ./src/messenger.c"
+print(make_cmd)
 os.system(make_cmd)
 
-shutil.move('messenger.%s'%extension, messenger_dir)
+messenger_exe = 'messenger.%s'%extension
+messenger_loc = os.path.join(messenger_dir, messenger_exe)
+
+shutil.move(messenger_exe, messenger_loc)