diff --git a/pupy/pupylib/PupyClient.py b/pupy/pupylib/PupyClient.py
index f4658374..ff6602ab 100644
--- a/pupy/pupylib/PupyClient.py
+++ b/pupy/pupylib/PupyClient.py
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ class PupyClient(object):
 	def is_unix(self):
 		return not self.is_windows()
 
+	def is_linux(self):
+		return "linux" in self.desc["platform"].lower()
+
+	def is_android(self):
+		return self.desc["platform"].lower()=="android"
+
 	def is_windows(self):
 		if "windows" in self.desc["platform"].lower():
 			return True
diff --git a/pupy/pupylib/PupyServer.py b/pupy/pupylib/PupyServer.py
index 57fbfa0d..b84931ec 100644
--- a/pupy/pupylib/PupyServer.py
+++ b/pupy/pupylib/PupyServer.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class PupyServer(threading.Thread):
 					pass
 				try:
 					from kivy.utils import platform as kivy_plat#support for android
-					plat=kivy_plat
+					plat=bytes(kivy_plat)
 				except ImportError:
 					pass
 				try: