diff --git a/wicd/configmanager.py b/wicd/configmanager.py
index 8862bc8..c61faff 100644
--- a/wicd/configmanager.py
+++ b/wicd/configmanager.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class ConfigManager(RawConfigParser):
                 Int32(ret)
             except OverflowError:
                 ret = long(ret)
-        return ret
+        return to_unicode(ret)
     
     def get(self, *args, **kargs):
         """ Calls the get_option method """
diff --git a/wicd/misc.py b/wicd/misc.py
index bc5a2bd..64a877d 100644
--- a/wicd/misc.py
+++ b/wicd/misc.py
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ def WriteLine(my_file, text):
 
 def ExecuteScripts(scripts_dir, verbose=False):
     """ Execute every executable file in a given directory. """
+    if not os.path.exists(scripts_dir):
+        return
     for obj in os.listdir(scripts_dir):
         obj = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(scripts_dir, obj))
         if os.path.isfile(obj) and os.access(obj, os.X_OK):
diff --git a/wicd/wicd-daemon.py b/wicd/wicd-daemon.py
index 2274b57..ae38208 100644
--- a/wicd/wicd-daemon.py
+++ b/wicd/wicd-daemon.py
@@ -1055,14 +1055,14 @@ class WirelessDaemon(dbus.service.Object):
         return value
 
     @dbus.service.method('org.wicd.daemon.wireless')
-    def SetWirelessProperty(self, networkid, property, value):
+    def SetWirelessProperty(self, netid, prop, value):
         """ Sets property to value in network specified. """
         # We don't write script settings here.
-        if (property.strip()).endswith("script"):
+        if (prop.strip()).endswith("script"):
             print "Setting script properties through the daemon is not" \
                   + " permitted."
             return False
-        self.LastScan[networkid][property] = misc.Noneify(value)
+        self.LastScan[netid][prop] = misc.to_unicode(misc.Noneify(value))
 
     @dbus.service.method('org.wicd.daemon.wireless')
     def DetectWirelessInterface(self):
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ class WiredDaemon(dbus.service.Object):
                 print "Setting script properties through the daemon" \
                       + " is not permitted."
                 return False
-            self.WiredNetwork[property] = misc.Noneify(value)
+            self.WiredNetwork[property] = misc.to_unicode(misc.Noneify(value))
             return True
         else:
             print 'SetWiredProperty: WiredNetwork does not exist'