diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index bffc1f742d6a2f814caced77931bef5b60df3428..265ab3c0c5ee37d66798d43936537cc24efad94e 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 function(install_python_package curdir packagelist)
     message(STATUS "Installing python package dorie.${curdir}")
-    dune_install_python_package(PATH ${curdir} ADDITIONAL_PIP_PARAMS "-r ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${curdir}/requirements.txt -q")
+    dune_install_python_package(PATH ${curdir} ADDITIONAL_PIP_PARAMS -r ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${curdir}/requirements.txt -q)
     set(${packagelist} ${${packagelist}} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${curdir} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
diff --git a/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/match_parameters.py b/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/match_parameters.py
index 487c867e18654674fddd9efd1381b22b3ac38324..2ec84c88dac95eb5c113e1236bbdae12202305e0 100644
--- a/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/match_parameters.py
+++ b/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/match_parameters.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import os
 from warnings import warn
 
diff --git a/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/readers/xml.py b/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/readers/xml.py
index cce02d2f2e3344a50496d028ceeb96108d7473f4..b0a6d428ceb07c91b58b143b4fe347d6cdb590b6 100644
--- a/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/readers/xml.py
+++ b/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/readers/xml.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from warnings import warn
 from collections import OrderedDict
diff --git a/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/wrapper/__init__.py b/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/wrapper/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/wrapper/scrape_folder.py b/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/wrapper/scrape_folder.py
index d6ee944fe9ea61cbf06111d337fbe6113b0254d4..96283d00587909f5d1b78ee818b013cf948ba4e0 100644
--- a/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/wrapper/scrape_folder.py
+++ b/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/wrapper/scrape_folder.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import warnings
 import argparse
+import traceback
 
 from dorie.parscraper import readers, writers, match_parameters
 from dorie.parscraper.warnings import OutputWarning
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ def scrape(xml_file,source_folder,out,css=None,debug=False):
                         raise
                     else:
                         warnings.warn("Output failed for file {0} with error:\n{1}".format(o,repr(e)), OutputWarning)
+			if debug:
+			    exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback = sys.exc_info()
+			    traceback.print_exception(exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback)
             else:
                 warnings.warn("Unknown output format: .{}. Skipping output".format(file_suffix), OutputWarning)
 
diff --git a/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/writers/html.py b/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/writers/html.py
index 3094058beb36719e423b98745e8c4ae34ffa90e1..ad2ce6af976f9c49020d70bf2ecef6a5cd667151 100644
--- a/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/writers/html.py
+++ b/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/writers/html.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import datetime
 import os
 import re
diff --git a/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/writers/ini.py b/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/writers/ini.py
index cb7e5ffeb699ef1c89fb7c19a3ebef8147bbb066..fdc9ad8d530defd88186a0b8028fab2ff58b3858 100644
--- a/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/writers/ini.py
+++ b/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/writers/ini.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import datetime
 import os
 import re
diff --git a/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/writers/rst.py b/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/writers/rst.py
index 8cc680ded9175011470580ea14f308fd022a01ee..0afd0b6b839e347e99ecb85fd1a1284057cdbf09 100644
--- a/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/writers/rst.py
+++ b/python/parscraper/dorie/parscraper/writers/rst.py
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
 import datetime
 import os
 import re
 
+try:
+    str = unicode
+except NameError:
+    pass
+
 from dorie.utilities.check_path import check_path
 from dorie.parscraper.parameter import Parameter
 
@@ -35,10 +42,10 @@ def write(parameters,out,path_base,*args,**kwargs):
     check_path(out)
     with open(out,"w") as output:
         rst_document = _format_rst(parameters, headings, widths, table_content)
-        output.write(rst_document)
+        output.write(rst_document.encode('utf-8'))
 
 def _format_rst(parameters,headers,widths,content_function):
-    rst = ""
+    rst = u""
     for category in parameters:
         rst += _format_heading(category)
         table_content = [content_function(p) for p in parameters[category]]
@@ -49,7 +56,7 @@ def _format_table(content,headers,widths):
     tab = "    "
     delimiter = ","
 
-    table = ""
+    table = u""
     table += ".. csv-table::\n"
     table += tab + ":header: {}\n".format(", ".join(headers))
     table += tab + ":delim: {}\n".format(delimiter)
@@ -72,15 +79,6 @@ def _format_heading(text):
     sep = "+"*len(text)
     return text + "\n" + sep + "\n\n"
 
-def _format_footer():
-    # UNUSED
-    tab = "    "
-    footer = ""
-    footer += ".. class:: center"
-    footer += tab + "Automatically created by the :mod:`DORiE parameter scraper <dorie.parscraper>`\n\n"
-    footer += tab + "{0:%d-%m-%Y, %H:%M}".format(datetime.datetime.today())
-    return footer
-
 def _sources(p,path_base):
     """
     Assembles the cell text for the sources of a parameter. Since the
diff --git a/python/parscraper/wrapper/scrape_folder.py b/python/parscraper/wrapper/scrape_folder.py
index c3422830fff9e9d9b5a6e0f923911c584923efe1..0a9e45222ff51fb4d556c74fe6c369da4caf3b8d 100644
--- a/python/parscraper/wrapper/scrape_folder.py
+++ b/python/parscraper/wrapper/scrape_folder.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Script invoking the parameter scraper on a folder given via command line.
 """
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    try: # catch all exceptions we we can output an error message
+    try: # catch all exceptions so we can output an error message
         with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warn: # catch all warnings so we can count them
             # PARSE COMMAND LINE
             parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()