diff --git a/bindings/python/Makefile b/bindings/python/Makefile
index d7f98bb0786a20d6b40c94caeb1d6f4dc7d2ae53..2f9f607d7e79927b4a817b53da7ccf47eeee99de 100644
--- a/bindings/python/Makefile
+++ b/bindings/python/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ADIOS2_INC:= /usr/local/include
 ADIOS2_LIB:= /usr/local/lib
 
 # PyBind11
-PyBind11_INC:= /home/wfg/workspace/ADIOS2/thirdparty/pybind11/include
+PyBind11_INC:= ../../thirdparty/pybind11/include
 
 
 CFLAGS:=-c -Wall -fPIC -O0 -g -std=c++11 -Wno-deprecated-declarations
diff --git a/bindings/python/helloBPWriter.py b/bindings/python/helloBPWriter.py
index f5f90c5ca31d6170a14ba5c2df8b809bb0f72985..fb39e326cba510343378045965080a411c1755d8 100644
--- a/bindings/python/helloBPWriter.py
+++ b/bindings/python/helloBPWriter.py
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ import numpy as np
 
 
 # User data
-myArray = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4])
+myArray = np.array([1., 2., 3., 4., 5.])
 
-print "Read " + str(Read)
+print "Read " + str(adiosRead)
 
 adios = ADIOS(MPI.COMM_WORLD, True)
 
 bpIO = adios.DeclareIO("BPN2N")
 ioArray = bpIO.DefineVariable("bpArray", [myArray.size], [0], [myArray.size], True)
   
-bpFileWriter = bpIO.Open("myArray.bp", Write)
+bpFileWriter = bpIO.Open("myArray.bp", adiosWrite)
 bpFileWriter.Write(ioArray, myArray)
 bpFileWriter.Close()
diff --git a/bindings/python/source/VariablePy.cpp b/bindings/python/source/VariablePy.cpp
index 76813c6cd1431402ff67f38baeac8b8e462cc64f..a8da68e6c1ff6e822a4052fb972a69cdd190d194 100644
--- a/bindings/python/source/VariablePy.cpp
+++ b/bindings/python/source/VariablePy.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace adios
 VariablePy::VariablePy(const std::string &name, const pyList shape,
                        const pyList start, const pyList count,
                        const bool isConstantDims, const bool debugMode)
-: m_Name(name), m_Shape(shape), m_Start(count), m_Count(count),
+: m_Name(name), m_Shape(shape), m_Start(start), m_Count(count),
   m_IsConstantDims(isConstantDims), m_DebugMode(debugMode)
 {
 }
diff --git a/bindings/python/source/gluePyBind11.cpp b/bindings/python/source/gluePyBind11.cpp
index aaf9033993ced2419c633520b5fd8830579c2381..0c4aa097f026b5b815b4bc4088983dbac1e41782 100644
--- a/bindings/python/source/gluePyBind11.cpp
+++ b/bindings/python/source/gluePyBind11.cpp
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ PYBIND11_PLUGIN(adios2py)
     }
 
     pybind11::module m("adios2py", "ADIOS2 Python bindings using pybind11");
-    m.attr("DebugON") = true;
-    m.attr("DebugOFF") = false;
-    m.attr("Write") = static_cast<int>(adios::OpenMode::Write);
-    m.attr("Read") = static_cast<int>(adios::OpenMode::Read);
-    m.attr("Append") = static_cast<int>(adios::OpenMode::Append);
-    m.attr("ReadWrite") = static_cast<int>(adios::OpenMode::ReadWrite);
-    m.def("ADIOS", &ADIOSPyInit, "Function that creates an ADIOS object");
+    m.attr("adiosDebugON") = true;
+    m.attr("adiosDebugOFF") = false;
+    m.attr("adiosWrite") = static_cast<int>(adios::OpenMode::Write);
+    m.attr("adiosRead") = static_cast<int>(adios::OpenMode::Read);
+    m.attr("adiosAppend") = static_cast<int>(adios::OpenMode::Append);
+    m.attr("adiosReadWrite") = static_cast<int>(adios::OpenMode::ReadWrite);
+    m.def("ADIOS", &ADIOSPyInit, "Function that creates an ADIOS class object");
 
     pybind11::class_<adios::ADIOSPy>(m, "ADIOSPy")
         .def("DeclareIO", &adios::ADIOSPy::DeclareIO);