diff --git a/python-api/gstswitch/Makefile b/python-api/gstswitch/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/python-api/gstswitch/server.py b/python-api/gstswitch/server.py
index 32e0182..0bb08aa 100644
--- a/python-api/gstswitch/server.py
+++ b/python-api/gstswitch/server.py
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ def _start_process(self, cmd):
                     shell=False)
                 print cmd
                 return process
-        except OSError as e:
-            if e.errno == ENOENT:
+        except OSError as error:
+            if error.errno == ENOENT:
                 raise PathError("Cannot find gst-switch-srv at path:"
                                 " '{0}'".format(self.path))
             else: