diff --git a/bindings/python/include/ADIOSPy.h b/bindings/python/include/ADIOSPy.h
index 65cf2cfcffc945cdc0049a99b40e92e58ce44b12..584526e80600748dda31dc9be51f0aebee9d5d09 100644
--- a/bindings/python/include/ADIOSPy.h
+++ b/bindings/python/include/ADIOSPy.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public:
     VariablePy DefineVariablePy( const std::string name, const pyList localDimensionsPy = pyList(),
                                  const pyList globalDimensionsPy = pyList(), const pyList globalOffsetsPy = pyList() );
 
-    MethodPy& DeclareMethodPy( const std::string methodName, const std::string type = "" );
+    MethodPy& DeclareMethodPy( const std::string methodName );
 
     EnginePy OpenPy( const std::string name, const std::string accessMode, const MethodPy&  method, pyObject py_comm = pyObject() );
 
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/ADIOSPy.cpp b/bindings/python/src/ADIOSPy.cpp
index 609b7e6328e295c98f96a6e8fc0ae928a4d90d3a..f92bc8a6df8fc85de634c6913e0f0b2f187f108e 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/ADIOSPy.cpp
+++ b/bindings/python/src/ADIOSPy.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace adios
 
 
 ADIOSPy::ADIOSPy( MPI_Comm mpiComm, const bool debug ):
-    ADIOS( mpiComm, debug )
+    ADIOS( mpiComm, adios::Verbose::ERROR, debug )
 { }
 
 
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ void ADIOSPy::HelloMPI( )
 }
 
 
-MethodPy& ADIOSPy::DeclareMethodPy( const std::string methodName, const std::string type )
+MethodPy& ADIOSPy::DeclareMethodPy( const std::string methodName )
 {
-    Method& method = DeclareMethod( methodName, type );
+    Method& method = DeclareMethod( methodName );
     return *reinterpret_cast<MethodPy*>( &method );
 }
 
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/EnginePy.cpp b/bindings/python/src/EnginePy.cpp
index 3bb80cdd31b78054c57b9ddc1f6adc7ebc7fd7f8..790e997e3318ef00ea8ec30ea06617d040af0588 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/EnginePy.cpp
+++ b/bindings/python/src/EnginePy.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void EnginePy::WritePy( VariablePy& variable, const pyArray& array )
 
 void EnginePy::Advance( )
 {
-
+    m_Engine->Advance( );
 }
 
 
diff --git a/bindings/python/test_hello.py b/bindings/python/test_hello.py
index db0b2c6ef927d13f671d37d451f2b86b5db8bf29..a383b573f897d00157f5174c65e58c3f0a227197 100644
--- a/bindings/python/test_hello.py
+++ b/bindings/python/test_hello.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if( rank % 2 == 1 ): # odd ranks only
     
 
 #Setup method and print summary
-ioSettings = adios.DeclareMethod("adiosSettings", "BPFileWriter")
+ioSettings = adios.DeclareMethod("adiosSettings")
 ioSettings.SetParameters( profile_units = 'mus' )
 ioSettings.AddTransport( 'File', have_metadata_file = 'no', profile_units = 'mus' )  # POSIX is default, just checking
 
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ bpFileWriter.Close( )
 
 if( rank == 0 ):
     print "Done writing " + str( size ) + " bp files"
-    ioSettings.PrintAll( ) # just prints a summary of Method/Transport parameters
\ No newline at end of file
+    ioSettings.PrintAll( ) # just prints a summary of Method/Transport parameters