diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/common/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient b/confluent_osdeploy/common/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient
index 6375fdc3..7fb58679 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/common/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/common/initramfs/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient
@@ -96,14 +96,20 @@ def scan_confluents():
         if addr[0] == socket.AF_INET6:
             if addr[-1] in doneidxs:
                 continue
-            s6.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_MULTICAST_IF, addr[-1])
+            try:
+                s6.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_MULTICAST_IF, addr[-1])
+            except TypeError:
+                s6.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_MULTICAST_IF, addr[-1].tobytes())
             try:
                 s6.sendto(msg, ('ff02::c', 1900))
             except OSError:
                 pass
             doneidxs.add(addr[-1])
         elif addr[0] == socket.AF_INET:
-            s4.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, socket.IP_MULTICAST_IF, addr[1])
+            try:
+                s4.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, socket.IP_MULTICAST_IF, addr[1])
+            except TypeError:
+                s4.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, socket.IP_MULTICAST_IF, addr[1].tobytes())
             try:
                 s4.sendto(msg, ('239.255.255.250', 1900))
             except OSError:
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet b/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet
index b8b2d29a..e868a4c4 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/common/profile/scripts/confignet
@@ -8,11 +8,17 @@ import sys
 import time
 import shlex
 import subprocess
-from importlib.machinery import SourceFileLoader
 try:
-    apiclient = SourceFileLoader('apiclient', '/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient').load_module()
-except FileNotFoundError:
-    apiclient = SourceFileLoader('apiclient', '/etc/confluent/apiclient').load_module()
+    from importlib.machinery import SourceFileLoader
+    def load_source(mod, path):
+        return SourceFileLoader(mod, path).load_module()
+except ImportError:
+    from imp import load_source
+
+try:
+    apiclient = load_source('apiclient', '/opt/confluent/bin/apiclient')
+except IOError:
+    apiclient = load_source('apiclient', '/etc/confluent/apiclient')
 
 def add_lla(iface, mac):
     pieces = mac.split(':')