diff --git a/wireless_watcher/CMakeLists.txt b/wireless_watcher/CMakeLists.txt
index 032bee5..3a2d4db 100644
--- a/wireless_watcher/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wireless_watcher/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ find_package(catkin REQUIRED)
 
 catkin_package()
 
-install(PROGRAMS
+catkin_install_python(PROGRAMS
   nodes/watcher_node
   DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_BIN_DESTINATION}
 )
diff --git a/wireless_watcher/nodes/watcher_node b/wireless_watcher/nodes/watcher_node
index 1a41c30..9962f77 100755
--- a/wireless_watcher/nodes/watcher_node
+++ b/wireless_watcher/nodes/watcher_node
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Software License Agreement (BSD)
 #
 # @author    Mike Purvis <mpurvis@clearpath.ai>
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ def main():
     while not rospy.is_shutdown():
         try:
             ip_str = subprocess.check_output(['ip', 'addr', 'show', dev], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-            if re.search(r'^\s*inet\s', ip_str, re.MULTILINE):
+            if re.search(b'^\s*inet\s', ip_str, re.MULTILINE):
                 connected_pub.publish(True)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
             connected_pub.publish(False)
 
         try:
-            wifi_str = subprocess.check_output(['iwconfig', dev], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            wifi_str = subprocess.check_output(['iwconfig', dev], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode()
             fields_str = re.split('\s\s+', wifi_str)
             fields_list = [re.split('[:=]', field_str, maxsplit=1) for field_str in fields_str]
             fields_dict = {'dev': fields_str[0], 'type': fields_str[1]}