diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook.py b/lib/ansible/playbook.py
index 6c2df6ab62..d8a5437947 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class PlayBook(object):
                     if not self.changed.has_key(host):
                         self.changed[host] = 1
                     else:
-                        self.changes[host] = self.changed[host] + 1
+                        self.changed[host] = self.changed[host] + 1
 
 
         # flag which notify handlers need to be run
diff --git a/library/copy b/library/copy
index 3dfe792c0f..aa944924ef 100644
--- a/library/copy
+++ b/library/copy
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ if not os.path.exists(source):
 md5sum = None
 changed = False
 if os.path.exists(dest):
-    md5sum = os.popen("md5sum %s" % dest).read()
+    md5sum = os.popen("md5sum %s" % dest).read().split()[0]
 
 os.system("cp %s %s" % (source, dest))
 
-md5sum2 = os.popen("md5sum %s" % dest).read()
+md5sum2 = os.popen("md5sum %s" % dest).read().split()[0]
 
 if md5sum != md5sum2:
     changed = True
diff --git a/library/template b/library/template
index 76f97607b6..3bbcbdfcc3 100644
--- a/library/template
+++ b/library/template
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ source = file(source).read()
 changed = False
 md5sum = None
 if os.path.exists(dest):
-    md5sum = os.popen("md5sum %s" % dest).read()
+    md5sum = os.popen("md5sum %s" % dest).read().split()[0]
 
 # call Jinja2 here and save the new template file
 template = jinja2.Template(source)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ f.close()
 # other end unless things were successful
 
 # record m5sum and return success and whether things have changed
-md5sum2 = os.popen("md5sum %s" % dest).read()
+md5sum2 = os.popen("md5sum %s" % dest).read().split()[0]
 
 if md5sum != md5sum2:
     changed = True