diff --git a/imagefactory_plugins/TinMan/TinMan.info b/imagefactory_plugins/TinMan/TinMan.info
index bd61a02d..9e512283 100644
--- a/imagefactory_plugins/TinMan/TinMan.info
+++ b/imagefactory_plugins/TinMan/TinMan.info
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
     "targets": [ ["Fedora", null, null], ["RHEL-6", null, null], ["RHEL-5", null, null],
                  ["Ubuntu", null, null], ["CentOS-6", null, null], ["CentOS-5", null, null],
                  ["ScientificLinux-6", null, null], ["ScientificLinux-5", null, null], ["OpenSUSE", null, null],
-                 [ "RHEL-7", null, null ], [ "CentOS-7", null, null ], [ "ScientificLinux-7", null, null ] ],
+                 [ "RHEL-7", null, null ], [ "CentOS-7", null, null ], [ "ScientificLinux-7", null, null ],
+                 [ "RHEL-8", null, null ], [ "CentOS-8", null, null ],
+                 [ "RHEL-9", null, null ], [ "CentOS-9", null, null ]],
     "description": "Plugin to support most Oz customize capable guest types",
     "maintainer": {
         "name": "Red Hat, Inc.",
diff --git a/imgfac/ApplicationConfiguration.py b/imgfac/ApplicationConfiguration.py
index 5a8fdae6..8da7ec97 100644
--- a/imgfac/ApplicationConfiguration.py
+++ b/imgfac/ApplicationConfiguration.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def dencode(a_dict, encoding='ascii'):
                     return new_dict
 
                 config_file = open(configuration.config)
-                uconfig = json.load(config_file, encoding="utf-8")
+                uconfig = json.load(config_file)
                 config_file.close()
                 defaults = uconfig
                 print(defaults)
diff --git a/scripts/imagefactory_dev_setup.sh b/scripts/imagefactory_dev_setup.sh
index 77a0e5d0..d70f0f4f 100755
--- a/scripts/imagefactory_dev_setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/imagefactory_dev_setup.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # N.B. Tested on Fedora 17 only.  Path's may change depending on your distro.
 
 # Be sure to check these values are correct for your system.
-PYTHON_PATH="/usr/lib/python2.7" 
+PYTHON_PATH="/usr/lib/python3.9"
 IMAGEFACTORY_PLUGINS=/etc/imagefactory/plugins.d/
 
 WORKING_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"