diff --git a/bin/confetty b/bin/confetty
index 8abaf782..44ca87ff 100755
--- a/bin/confetty
+++ b/bin/confetty
@@ -166,10 +166,10 @@ def do_command(command, server):
     argv = parse_command(command)
     if len(argv) == 0:
         return
-    if argv[0] == "exit":
+    if argv[0] == 'exit':
         server.close()
         sys.exit(0)
-    elif argv[0] == "cd":
+    elif argv[0] == 'cd':
         otarget = target
         if len(argv) > 1:
             target = fullpath_target(argv[1], forcepath=True)
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ def do_command(command, server):
                     notestr = '(' + ', '.join(notes) + ')'
                     output = '{0:<40} {1:>39}'.format(attrstr, notestr)
                     print output
-
     elif argv[0] == 'start':
         targpath = fullpath_target(argv[1])
         currconsole = targpath
@@ -230,9 +229,29 @@ def do_command(command, server):
         print '[console session started]'
         startconsole()
         return
+    elif argv[0] == 'set':
+        setvalues(argv[1:])
     else:
         sys.stderr.write("%s: command not found...\n" % argv[0])
 
+def setvalues(attribs):
+    if '=' in attribs[0]:  # going straight to attribute
+        resource = attribs[0][:attribs[0].index("=")]
+    else:  # an actual resource
+        resource = attribs[0]
+        attribs = attribs[1:]
+    keydata = {}
+    for attrib in attribs:
+        if '=' not in attrib:
+            sys.stderr.write("Invalid syntax %s" % attrib)
+            return
+        key = attrib[:attrib.index("=")]
+        value = attrib[attrib.index("=") + 1:]
+        keydata[key] = value
+    targpath = fullpath_target(resource)
+    tlvdata.send_tlvdata(server, {'operation': 'update', 'path': targpath, 'parameters': keydata})
+
+
 
 def fullpath_target(path, forcepath=False):
     global target
diff --git a/confluent/config/configmanager.py b/confluent/config/configmanager.py
index 2375b056..df4f1007 100644
--- a/confluent/config/configmanager.py
+++ b/confluent/config/configmanager.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ class ConfigManager(object):
         if 'nodes' not in self._cfgstore:
             return None
         retdict = {}
-        if isinstance(nodelist,str):
+        if isinstance(nodelist,str) or isinstance(nodelist, unicode):
             nodelist = [nodelist]
         for node in nodelist:
             if node not in self._cfgstore['nodes']:
@@ -575,7 +575,8 @@ class ConfigManager(object):
                     if not isinstance(attribmap[group][attr], list):
                         raise ValueError
                     newdict = set(attribmap[group][attr])
-                elif (isinstance(attribmap[group][attr], str)):
+                elif (isinstance(attribmap[group][attr], str) or 
+                        isinstance(attribmap[group][attr], unicode)):
                     newdict = { 'value': attribmap[group][attr] }
                 else:
                     newdict = attribmap[group][attr]
@@ -655,7 +656,8 @@ class ConfigManager(object):
                         not isinstance(attribmap[node][attrname],allattributes.node[attrname]['type']))):
                     raise ValueError
                 newdict = {}
-                if (isinstance(attribmap[node][attrname], str)):
+                if (isinstance(attribmap[node][attrname], str) or
+                        isinstance(attribmap[node][attrname], unicode)):
                     newdict = {'value': attribmap[node][attrname] }
                 else:
                     newdict = attribmap[node][attrname]