diff --git a/plugins/fastrouter/fastrouter.c b/plugins/fastrouter/fastrouter.c
index de65f720..934179f1 100644
--- a/plugins/fastrouter/fastrouter.c
+++ b/plugins/fastrouter/fastrouter.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ void fastrouter_loop() {
                 						cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
                 						cmsg->cmsg_type  = SCM_RIGHTS;
 
-                						*((int *) CMSG_DATA (cmsg)) = fr_session->fd;
+								memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), &fr_session->fd, sizeof(int));
 
                 						if (sendmsg(fr_session->instance_fd, &msg, 0) < 0) {
 									uwsgi_error("sendmsg()");
diff --git a/plugins/http/http.c b/plugins/http/http.c
index f0bff0a4..3402322a 100644
--- a/plugins/http/http.c
+++ b/plugins/http/http.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ void http_loop() {
                 						cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
                 						cmsg->cmsg_type  = SCM_RIGHTS;
 
-                						*((int *) CMSG_DATA (cmsg)) = uhttp_session->fd;
+								memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), &uhttp_session->fd, sizeof(int));
 
                 						if (sendmsg(uhttp_session->instance_fd, &msg, 0) < 0) {
 									uwsgi_error("sendmsg()");
diff --git a/protocol.c b/protocol.c
index d1c62536..14afc9aa 100644
--- a/protocol.c
+++ b/protocol.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ ssize_t uwsgi_send_message(int fd, uint8_t modifier1, uint8_t modifier2, char *m
 		cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
 		cmsg->cmsg_type  = SCM_RIGHTS;
 
-		*((int *) CMSG_DATA (cmsg)) = pfd;
+		memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), &pfd, sizeof(int));
 		
 		uwsgi_log("passing fd\n");
 		cnt = sendmsg(fd, &msg, 0);	
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ int uwsgi_parse_response(struct pollfd *upoll, int timeout, struct uwsgi_header
 		// upgrade connection to the new socket
 		uwsgi_log("upgrading fd %d to ", upoll->fd);	
 		close(upoll->fd);
-		upoll->fd = *((int *) CMSG_DATA (cmsg));
+		memcpy(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), &upoll->fd, sizeof(int));
 		uwsgi_log("%d\n", upoll->fd);	
 		cmsg = CMSG_NXTHDR (&msg, cmsg);
 	}
diff --git a/tests/threads.py b/tests/threads.py
index 9affc026..9c623c3a 100644
--- a/tests/threads.py
+++ b/tests/threads.py
@@ -6,22 +6,22 @@ import sys
 def monitor1():
 	while 1:
 		time.sleep(1)
-		print "i am the monitor 1"	
+		print("i am the monitor 1")
 
 def monitor2():
 	while 1:
 		time.sleep(2)
-		print "i am the monitor 2"	
-		print sys.modules
+		print("i am the monitor 2")
+		print(sys.modules)
 
 def monitor3():
 	while 1:
 		time.sleep(5)
-		print "5 seconds elapsed"
+		print("5 seconds elapsed")
 		#reload(fake)
     
 def spawn_my_magic_threads():
-	print "^^^ spawning magic threads ^^^"
+	print("^^^ spawning magic threads ^^^")
 	t = threading.Thread(target=monitor1).start()
 	t2 = threading.Thread(target=monitor2).start()
 	t3 = threading.Thread(target=monitor3).start()
diff --git a/uwsgiconfig.py b/uwsgiconfig.py
index 121ba5e4..b9318b48 100644
--- a/uwsgiconfig.py
+++ b/uwsgiconfig.py
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ class uConf(object):
             self.cflags.append("-DUWSGI_UDP")
 
         if self.get('pcre'):
-	    if self.get('pcre') == 'auto':
-		pcreconf = spcall('pcre-config --libs')
+            if self.get('pcre') == 'auto':
+                pcreconf = spcall('pcre-config --libs')
                 if pcreconf:
                     self.libs.append(pcreconf)
                     pcreconf = spcall("pcre-config --cflags")
@@ -342,9 +342,9 @@ class uConf(object):
                     self.gcc_list.append('regexp')
                     self.cflags.append("-DUWSGI_PCRE")
 
-	    else:
-		pcreconf = spcall('pcre-config --libs')
-		if pcreconf is None:
+            else:
+                pcreconf = spcall('pcre-config --libs')
+                if pcreconf is None:
                     print("*** libpcre headers unavailable. uWSGI build is interrupted. You have to install pcre development package or disable pcre")
                     sys.exit(1)
                 else: