diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 6ac8ec908..a859b794d 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ extern sigjmp_buf alarmret;
 time_t now;
 static int argc;
 static char **argv;
+char *argv0;
 
 /*
  * Please use the PATCH macro instead of directly altering the version
@@ -1034,6 +1035,7 @@ int main(int arg_c, char **arg_v)
 
   argc = arg_c;
   argv = arg_v;
+  argv0 = argv[0];
 
   /* Version info! */
 #ifdef EGG_PATCH
diff --git a/src/mod/module.h b/src/mod/module.h
index 9b674577b..a7108218f 100644
--- a/src/mod/module.h
+++ b/src/mod/module.h
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ typedef void (*chanout_butfunc)(int, int, const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(pr
 /* 320 - 323 */
 #define bind_bind_entry ((int(*)(tcl_bind_list_t *, const char *, const char *, const char *))global[320])
 #define unbind_bind_entry ((int(*)(tcl_bind_list_t *, const char *, const char *, const char *))global[321])
+#define argv0 ((char *)global[322])
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/mod/python.mod/pycmds.c b/src/mod/python.mod/pycmds.c
index 8626785df..2855ed0a3 100644
--- a/src/mod/python.mod/pycmds.c
+++ b/src/mod/python.mod/pycmds.c
@@ -79,18 +79,20 @@ static void cmd_python(struct userrec *u, int idx, char *par) {
     if (pyfunc && PyCallable_Check(pyfunc)) {
       pyval = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(pyfunc, ptype, pvalue, ptraceback, NULL);
       // Check if traceback is a list and handle as such
-      if (PyList_Check(pyval)) {
-        n = PyList_Size(pyval);
-        for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-          item = PyList_GetItem(pyval, i);
-          pystr = PyObject_Str(item);
+      if (pyval) {
+        if (pyval && PyList_Check(pyval)) {
+          n = PyList_Size(pyval);
+          for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+            item = PyList_GetItem(pyval, i);
+            pystr = PyObject_Str(item);
+            dprintf(idx, "%s", PyUnicode_AsUTF8(pystr));
+          }
+        } else {
+          pystr = PyObject_Str(pyval);
           dprintf(idx, "%s", PyUnicode_AsUTF8(pystr));
         }
-      } else {
-        pystr = PyObject_Str(pyval);
-        dprintf(idx, "%s", PyUnicode_AsUTF8(pystr));
+        Py_DECREF(pyval);
       }
-      Py_DECREF(pyval);
     }
   }
   return;
diff --git a/src/mod/python.mod/python.c b/src/mod/python.mod/python.c
index e68197734..b33e484dc 100644
--- a/src/mod/python.mod/python.c
+++ b/src/mod/python.mod/python.c
@@ -66,18 +66,37 @@ static int python_expmem()
 
 static void init_python() {
   PyObject *pmodule;
-  wchar_t *program = Py_DecodeLocale("eggdrop", NULL);
+  PyStatus status;
+  PyConfig config;
+  wchar_t *program;
 
-  if (program == NULL) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "Python: Fatal error: This should never happen\n");
+  if (PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x0308) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Python: Python version %d is lower than 3.8, not loading Python module", PY_VERSION_HEX);
+    return;
+  }
+  PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(&config);
+  program = Py_DecodeLocale(argv0, NULL);
+  if (!program) {
+    PyConfig_Clear(&config);
+   fprintf(stderr, "Python: Fatal error: This should never happen\n");
+    fatal(1);
+  }
+  status = PyConfig_SetString(&config, &config.program_name, program);
+  if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {
+    PyConfig_Clear(&config);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Python: Fatal error: Could not set program base path\n");
     fatal(1);
   }
-  Py_SetProgramName(program);  /* optional but recommended */
   if (PyImport_AppendInittab("eggdrop", &PyInit_eggdrop) == -1) {
     fprintf(stderr, "Error: could not extend in-built modules table\n");
     exit(1);
   }
-  Py_Initialize();
+  status = Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
+  if (PyStatus_Exception(status)) {
+    PyConfig_Clear(&config);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Python: Fatal error: Could not initialize config\n");
+    fatal(1);
+  }
   PyDateTime_IMPORT;
   pmodule = PyImport_ImportModule("eggdrop");
   if (!pmodule) {
diff --git a/src/mod/python.mod/tclpython.c b/src/mod/python.mod/tclpython.c
index 7abdeb998..6218bfe3b 100644
--- a/src/mod/python.mod/tclpython.c
+++ b/src/mod/python.mod/tclpython.c
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ static int tcl_pysource STDVAR
   PyObject *pobj, *pstr, *ptype, *pvalue, *ptraceback;
   PyObject *pystr, *module_name, *pymodule, *pyfunc, *pyval, *item;
   Py_ssize_t n;
-  char *res = NULL;
+  const char *res = NULL;
+  char *res2;
   int i;
 
   if (!(fp = fopen(argv[1], "r"))) {
@@ -60,11 +61,17 @@ static int tcl_pysource STDVAR
         for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
           item = PyList_GetItem(pyval, i);
           pystr = PyObject_Str(item);
+          //Python returns a const char but we need to remove the \n
           res = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(pystr);
           if (res[strlen(res) - 1]) {
-            res[strlen(res) - 1] = '\0';
+            res2 = (char*) nmalloc(strlen(res)+1);
+            strncpy(res2, res, strlen(res));
+            res2[strlen(res) - 1] = '\0';
           }
           putlog(LOG_MISC, "*", "%s", res);
+          if (res2) {
+            nfree(res2);
+          }
         }
       } else {
         pystr = PyObject_Str(pyval);
diff --git a/src/modules.c b/src/modules.c
index 5fe8b0543..754ac9f5d 100644
--- a/src/modules.c
+++ b/src/modules.c
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ extern time_t now, online_since;
 extern tand_t *tandbot;
 extern Tcl_Interp *interp;
 extern sock_list *socklist;
+extern char argv0;
+
 
 int xtra_kill();
 int xtra_unpack();
@@ -629,7 +631,8 @@ Function global_table[] = {
   (Function) check_tcl_event_arg,
 /* 320 - 323 */
   (Function) bind_bind_entry,
-  (Function) unbind_bind_entry
+  (Function) unbind_bind_entry,
+  (Function) & argv0
 };
 
 void init_modules(void)