diff --git a/bin/Global.py b/bin/Global.py
index c9daeef8..5cd0edf1 100755
--- a/bin/Global.py
+++ b/bin/Global.py
@@ -76,5 +76,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
             f.write(base64.standard_b64decode(gzip64encoded))
 
+        print(filename)
         p.populate_set_out(filename.encode('utf8'))
         processed_paste+=1
diff --git a/bin/Helper.py b/bin/Helper.py
index 38e1b85a..315962bb 100755
--- a/bin/Helper.py
+++ b/bin/Helper.py
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ class PubSub(object):
             for address in addresses.split(','):
                 new_sub = context.socket(zmq.SUB)
                 new_sub.connect(address)
-                new_sub.setsockopt_string(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, channel)
+                # bytes64 encode bytes to ascii only bytes
+                new_sub.setsockopt(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, channel.encode('ascii'))
                 self.subscribers.append(new_sub)
 
     def setup_publish(self, conn_name):
@@ -77,14 +78,16 @@ class PubSub(object):
             self.publishers['ZMQ'].append((p, channel))
 
     def publish(self, message):
-        m = json.loads(message.decode('utf8'))
+        m = json.loads(message.decode('ascii'))
         channel_message = m.get('channel')
         for p, channel in self.publishers['Redis']:
             if channel_message is None or channel_message == channel:
-                p.publish(channel, m['message'])
+                p.publish(channel, ( m['message']).encode('ascii') )
         for p, channel in self.publishers['ZMQ']:
             if channel_message is None or channel_message == channel:
-                p.send('{} {}'.format(channel, m['message']))
+                mess = ( m['message'] ).encode('ascii')
+                p.send(b' '.join( [channel,  mess] ) )
+
 
     def subscribe(self):
         if self.redis_sub:
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ class Process(object):
             if b'.gz' in message:
                 path = message.split(b".")[-2].split(b"/")[-1]
                 #find start of path with AIL_HOME
-                index_s = (message.decode('utf8')).find(os.environ['AIL_HOME'])
+                index_s = (message.decode('ascii')).find(os.environ['AIL_HOME'])
                 #Stop when .gz
                 index_e = message.find(b".gz")+3
                 if(index_s == -1):
@@ -167,9 +170,10 @@ class Process(object):
                     complete_path = message[index_s:index_e]
 
             else:
-                path = "?"
+                path = "-"
+                complete_path = "?"
 
-            value = str(timestamp) + ", " + path.decode('utf8')
+            value = str(timestamp) + ", " + path.decode('ascii')
             self.r_temp.set("MODULE_"+self.subscriber_name + "_" + str(self.moduleNum), value)
             self.r_temp.set("MODULE_"+self.subscriber_name + "_" + str(self.moduleNum) + "_PATH", complete_path)
             self.r_temp.sadd("MODULE_TYPE_"+self.subscriber_name, str(self.moduleNum))
@@ -186,15 +190,14 @@ class Process(object):
 
     def populate_set_out(self, msg, channel=None):
         # multiproc
-        msg = msg.decode('utf8')
+        msg = msg.decode('ascii')
         msg = {'message': msg}
         if channel is not None:
             msg.update({'channel': channel})
 
-        # TODO use bytes here ?
-        #j = (json.dumps(msg)).encode('utf8')
-        j = json.dumps(msg)
-        self.r_temp.sadd(self.subscriber_name + 'out', json.dumps(msg))
+        # bytes64 encode bytes to ascii only bytes
+        j = (json.dumps(msg)).encode('ascii')
+        self.r_temp.sadd(self.subscriber_name + 'out', j)
 
     def publish(self):
         # monoproc