diff --git a/source/server/apistatusd.py b/source/server/apistatusd.py
index eff1010..a59b555 100755
--- a/source/server/apistatusd.py
+++ b/source/server/apistatusd.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
-# file: statusd.py
+# file: apistatusd.py
 # date: 26.07.2019
 # email: berhsi@web.de
 
@@ -76,13 +76,12 @@ def display_peercert(cert):
 def receive_buffer_is_valid(raw_data):
     '''
     Checks validity of the received buffer contents.
-    param 1: byte
+    param 1: byte object
     return: boolean
     '''
-    if raw_data in (b'\x00', b'\x01'):
+    if raw_data.decode('utf-8', 'strict') in ('0', '1'):
         logging.debug('Argument is valid: {}'.format(raw_data))
         return True
-
     logging.debug('Argument is not valid: {}'.format(raw_data))
     return False
 
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ def receive_buffer_is_valid(raw_data):
 def change_status(raw_data, api):
     '''
     Write the new status together with a timestamp into the Space API JSON.
-    param 1: byte
+    param 1: byte object
     param 2: string
     return: boolean
     '''
@@ -113,6 +112,7 @@ def change_status(raw_data, api):
             except Exception as e:
                 logging.error('Failed to change API file')
                 logging.error('{}'.format(e))
+                return False
             logging.debug('API file changed')
     else:
         logging.error('API file is not writable. Wrong permissions?')
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ def set_values(raw_data):
     '''
     Create a timestamp, changes the value of the given byte into a string
     and returns both.
-    param 1: byte
+    param 1: byte object
     return: tuple
     '''
-    status = True if raw_data == b'\x01' else False
+    status = True if raw_data.decode('utf-8', 'strict') == '1' else False
     timestamp = int(str(time()).split('.')[0])
 
     logging.debug('Set values for timestamp: {} and status: {}'.format(
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ def main():
     (cve-2011-3389)
     '''
 
+    answer = '3'.encode(encoding='utf-8', errors='strict')
     loglevel = logging.WARNING
     formatstring = '%(asctime)s: %(levelname)s: %(message)s'
     logging.basicConfig(format=formatstring, level=loglevel)
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ def main():
             'template': './api_template'
         }
     }
-    configfile = './statusd.conf'
+    configfile = './apistatusd.conf'
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
     config.read_dict(default_config)
     if not config.read(configfile):
@@ -273,19 +274,10 @@ def main():
                 raw_data = conn.recv(1)
                 if receive_buffer_is_valid(raw_data) is True:
                     if change_status(raw_data, config['api']['api']) is True:
-                        logging.debug('Send {} back'.format(raw_data))
-                        conn.send(raw_data)
-                    # change_status returns false:
-                    else:
-                        logging.info('Failed to change status')
-                        if conn:
-                            conn.send(b'\x03')
-                # receive_handle returns false:
-                else:
-                    logging.info('Invalid argument received: {}'.format(raw_data))
-                    logging.debug('Send {} back'.format(b'\x03'))
-                    if conn:
-                        conn.send(b'\x03')
+                        answer = raw_data
+                if conn:
+                    logging.debug('Send {} back'.format(raw_data))
+                    conn.send(answer)
                 sleep(0.1)  # protection against dos
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 logging.info('Keyboard interrupt received')
@@ -293,13 +285,6 @@ def main():
             except Exception as e:
                 logging.error('{}'.format(e))
                 continue
-            finally:
-                if mySocket:
-                    logging.info('Shutdown socket')
-                    try:
-                        mySocket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        logging.error(f'Error while shutdown socket: {e}')
     return 0
 
 
diff --git a/source/server/setstatus.py b/source/server/setstatus.py
index fc615be..e0a36d2 100755
--- a/source/server/setstatus.py
+++ b/source/server/setstatus.py
@@ -60,15 +60,10 @@ class SetStatus:
         """
         return: boolean
         """
-        try:
-            self.status = int(self.status)
-        except Exception as e:
-            self.log.error('Status argument does not represent a integer')
-            return False
-        if self.status in (0, 1):
-            self.log.debug('Set value to {}'.format(self.status))
-            self.status = bytes([self.status])
+        if self.status in ('0', '1'):
+            self.log.debug('Set status to {}'.format(self.status))
             return True
+        self.log.debug('{} is not a valid status'.format(self.status))
         return False
 
     def set_config(self):
@@ -197,7 +192,6 @@ class SetStatus:
 
         # check given status
         if self.check_status() is False:
-            self.log.error('No valid status given')
             exit(1)
 
         # log config if level is debug
@@ -222,12 +216,14 @@ class SetStatus:
         # send status
         try:
             self.log.debug('Send new status: {}'.format(self.status))
-            self.connection.send(self.status)
+            self.connection.send(self.status.encode(encoding='utf-8',
+                errors='strict'))
         except Exception as e:
             self.log.error('Error: {}'.format(e))
             exit(6)
         try:
-            response = self.connection.recv(1)
+            response = self.connection.recv(1).decode(encoding='utf-8',
+                errors='strict')
             self.log.debug('Server returns: {}'.format(response))
             if response == self.status:
                 self.log.info('Status sucessfull updated')