diff --git a/commands/base.py b/commands/base.py
index e1cf352..0f6909a 100644
--- a/commands/base.py
+++ b/commands/base.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class command_cat(HoneyPotCommand):
             realfile = self.fs.realfile(f,
                 '%s/%s' % (config.contents_path, path))
             if realfile:
-                f = file(realfile, 'r')
+                f = file(realfile, 'rb')
                 self.write(f.read())
                 f.close()
 commands['/bin/cat'] = command_cat
@@ -115,14 +115,14 @@ class command_uptime(HoneyPotCommand):
     def call(self):
         self.writeln(
             ' %s up 14 days,  3:53,  0 users,  load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01' % \
-            time.strftime('%T'))
+            time.strftime('%H:%M:%S'))
 commands['/usr/bin/uptime'] = command_uptime
 
 class command_w(HoneyPotCommand):
     def call(self):
         self.writeln(
             ' %s up 14 days,  3:53,  0 users,  load average: 0.08, 0.02, 0.01' % \
-            time.strftime('%T'))
+            time.strftime('%H:%M:%S'))
         self.writeln('USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT')
 commands['/usr/bin/w'] = command_w
 commands['/usr/bin/who'] = command_w
diff --git a/commands/wget.py b/commands/wget.py
index 3d16260..54edcd8 100644
--- a/commands/wget.py
+++ b/commands/wget.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class command_wget(HoneyPotCommand):
             time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S'),
             re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9]', '_', url))
         self.deferred = self.download(url, outfile,
-            file(self.safeoutfile, 'w'))
+            file(self.safeoutfile, 'wb'))
         if self.deferred:
             self.deferred.addCallback(self.success)
             self.deferred.addErrback(self.error, url)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class command_wget(HoneyPotCommand):
             self.writeln('Sorry, SSL not supported in this release')
             return None
 
-        self.writeln('--%s--  %s' % (time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %T'), url))
+        self.writeln('--%s--  %s' % (time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'), url))
         self.writeln('Connecting to %s:%d... connected.' % (host, port))
         self.write('HTTP request sent, awaiting response... ')
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class HTTPProgressDownloader(client.HTTPDownloader):
         self.wget.honeypot.terminal.nextLine()
         self.wget.writeln(
             '%s (%d KB/s) - `%s\' saved [%d/%d]' % \
-            (time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %T'),
+            (time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
             self.speed / 1000,
             self.fakeoutfile, self.currentlength, self.totallength))
         outfile = '%s/%s' % (self.wget.honeypot.cwd, self.fakeoutfile)