diff --git a/src/libprs500/gui2/__init__.py b/src/libprs500/gui2/__init__.py
index c10373a2d8..fdc6a1a957 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/gui2/__init__.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/gui2/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ##    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 ##    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 ##    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-""" The GUI for libprs500. """
+""" The GUI """
 import sys, os, re, StringIO, traceback
 from PyQt4.QtCore import QVariant, QSettings, QFileInfo, QObject, SIGNAL, QBuffer, \
                          QByteArray, QLocale, QTranslator, QUrl
diff --git a/src/libprs500/gui2/status.py b/src/libprs500/gui2/status.py
index bd3e125ad8..f6503dfd06 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/gui2/status.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/gui2/status.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             pixmaps.append(pm)
         return pixmaps
 
-    def create_mng(path='/home/kovid/work/libprs500/src/libprs500/gui2/images/jobs.svg', size=64, angle=5, delay=5):
+    def create_mng(path='', size=64, angle=5, delay=5):
         pixmaps = create_pixmaps(path, size, angle)
         filesl = []
         for i in range(len(pixmaps)):
diff --git a/src/libprs500/gui2/update.py b/src/libprs500/gui2/update.py
index 6febced10d..eb5a6a5014 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/gui2/update.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/gui2/update.py
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ import urllib, re, traceback
 
 from PyQt4.QtCore import QThread, SIGNAL
 
-from libprs500 import __version__
+from libprs500 import __version__, __appname__
 from libprs500.ebooks.BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
 
 class CheckForUpdates(QThread):
     
     def run(self):
         try:
-            src = urllib.urlopen('http://pypi.python.org/pypi/libprs500').read()
+            src = urllib.urlopen('http://pypi.python.org/pypi/'+__appname__).read()
             soup = BeautifulSoup(src)
             meta = soup.find('link', rel='meta', title='DOAP')
             if meta: