diff --git a/instant/config.py b/instant/config.py
index 34dd0ee..a0589f0 100644
--- a/instant/config.py
+++ b/instant/config.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ _header_and_library_cache = {}
 
 def check_and_set_swig_binary(binary="swig", path=""):
     """ Check if a particular swig binary is available"""
+    return True
     global _swig_binary_cache
     if not isinstance(binary, str):
         raise TypeError("expected a 'str' as first argument")
@@ -35,10 +36,12 @@ def check_and_set_swig_binary(binary="swig", path=""):
 
 def get_swig_binary():
     "Return any cached swig binary"
+    return "/usit/abel/u1/kent-and/gcc-4.7/fenics-deps/bin/swig"
     return _swig_binary_cache if _swig_binary_cache else "swig"
 
 def get_swig_version():
     """ Return the current swig version in a 'str'"""
+    return "2.0.8"
     global _swig_version_cache
     if _swig_version_cache is None:
         # Check for swig installation
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ def check_swig_version(version, same=False):
     else:
         print "Swig version is lower than 1.3.36"
     """
+    return True
     assert isinstance(version,str), "Provide the first version number as a 'str'"
     assert len(version.split("."))==3, "Provide the version number as three numbers seperated by '.'"
 
diff --git a/instant/output.py b/instant/output.py
index 34a3165..0fec1b4 100644
--- a/instant/output.py
+++ b/instant/output.py
@@ -90,29 +90,30 @@ def get_output(cmd):
     return output
 
 # Some HPC platforms does not work with the subprocess module and needs commands
-#import platform
-#if platform.system() == "Windows":
-#    # Taken from http://ivory.idyll.org/blog/mar-07/replacing-commands-with-subprocess
-#    from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT
-#    def get_status_output(cmd, input=None, cwd=None, env=None):
-#        "Replacement for commands.getstatusoutput which does not work on Windows."
-#        pipe = Popen(cmd, shell=True, cwd=cwd, env=env, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
-#
-#        (output, errout) = pipe.communicate(input=input)
-#        assert not errout
-#
-#        status = pipe.returncode
-#
-#        return (status, output)
-#
-#    def get_output(cmd):
-#        "Replacement for commands.getoutput which does not work on Windows."
-#        pipe = Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, bufsize=-1)
-#        r = pipe.wait()
-#        output, error = pipe.communicate()
-#        return output
-#
-#else:
-#    import commands
-#    get_status_output = commands.getstatusoutput
-#    get_output = commands.getoutput
+import platform
+if platform.system() == "Windows":
+    # Taken from http://ivory.idyll.org/blog/mar-07/replacing-commands-with-subprocess
+    from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT
+    def get_status_output(cmd, input=None, cwd=None, env=None):
+        "Replacement for commands.getstatusoutput which does not work on Windows."
+        pipe = Popen(cmd, shell=True, cwd=cwd, env=env, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
+
+        (output, errout) = pipe.communicate(input=input)
+        assert not errout
+
+        status = pipe.returncode
+
+        return (status, output)
+
+    def get_output(cmd):
+        "Replacement for commands.getoutput which does not work on Windows."
+        pipe = Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, bufsize=-1)
+        r = pipe.wait()
+        output, error = pipe.communicate()
+        return output
+
+else:
+    import commands
+    get_status_output = commands.getstatusoutput
+    get_output = commands.getoutput
+