diff --git a/mitogen/parent.py b/mitogen/parent.py
index 1c3e1874..7af73454 100644
--- a/mitogen/parent.py
+++ b/mitogen/parent.py
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ def popen(**kwargs):
     is invoked in the child.
     """
     real_preexec_fn = kwargs.pop('preexec_fn', None)
+
     def preexec_fn():
         if _preexec_hook:
             _preexec_hook()
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ def _acquire_controlling_tty():
 
 def _linux_broken_devpts_openpty():
     """
-    #462: On broken Linux hosts with mismatched configuration (e.g. old
+    # 462: On broken Linux hosts with mismatched configuration (e.g. old
     /etc/fstab template installed), /dev/pts may be mounted without the gid=
     mount option, causing new slave devices to be created with the group ID of
     the calling process. This upsets glibc, whose openpty() is required by
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ def _linux_broken_devpts_openpty():
         # TTY. Otherwise when we close the FD we get killed by the kernel, and
         # the child we spawn that should really attach to it will get EPERM
         # during _acquire_controlling_tty().
-        slave_fd = os.open(pty_name, os.O_RDWR|os.O_NOCTTY)
+        slave_fd = os.open(pty_name, os.O_RDWR | os.O_NOCTTY)
         return master_fd, slave_fd
     except OSError:
         if master_fd is not None:
@@ -639,7 +640,7 @@ class TimerList(object):
     def get_timeout(self):
         """
         Return the floating point seconds until the next event is due.
-        
+
         :returns:
             Floating point delay, or 0.0, or :data:`None` if no events are
             scheduled.
@@ -691,6 +692,7 @@ class PartialZlib(object):
     A full compression costs ~6ms on a modern machine, this method costs ~35
     usec.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, s):
         self.s = s
         if sys.version_info > (2, 5):
@@ -840,6 +842,7 @@ class Argv(object):
     """
     Wrapper to defer argv formatting when debug logging is disabled.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, argv):
         self.argv = argv
 
@@ -866,6 +869,7 @@ class CallSpec(object):
     """
     Wrapper to defer call argument formatting when debug logging is disabled.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, func, args, kwargs):
         self.func = func
         self.args = args
@@ -875,8 +879,8 @@ class CallSpec(object):
         bits = [self.func.__module__]
         if inspect.ismethod(self.func):
             im_self = getattr(self.func, IM_SELF_ATTR)
-            bits.append(getattr(im_self, '__name__', None) or
-                        getattr(type(im_self), '__name__', None))
+            bits.append(getattr(im_self, '__name__', None)
+                        or getattr(type(im_self), '__name__', None))
         bits.append(self.func.__name__)
         return u'.'.join(bits)
 
@@ -914,13 +918,13 @@ class PollPoller(mitogen.core.Poller):
 
     # TODO: no proof we dont need writemask too
     _readmask = (
-        getattr(select, 'POLLIN', 0) |
-        getattr(select, 'POLLHUP', 0)
+        getattr(select, 'POLLIN', 0)
+        | getattr(select, 'POLLHUP', 0)
     )
 
     def _update(self, fd):
-        mask = (((fd in self._rfds) and self._readmask) |
-                ((fd in self._wfds) and select.POLLOUT))
+        mask = (((fd in self._rfds) and self._readmask)
+                | ((fd in self._wfds) and select.POLLOUT))
         if mask:
             self._pollobj.register(fd, mask)
         else:
@@ -1043,8 +1047,8 @@ class EpollPoller(mitogen.core.Poller):
 
     def _control(self, fd):
         mitogen.core._vv and IOLOG.debug('%r._control(%r)', self, fd)
-        mask = (((fd in self._rfds) and select.EPOLLIN) |
-                ((fd in self._wfds) and select.EPOLLOUT))
+        mask = (((fd in self._rfds) and select.EPOLLIN)
+                | ((fd in self._wfds) and select.EPOLLOUT))
         if mask:
             if fd in self._registered_fds:
                 self._epoll.modify(fd, mask)
@@ -1077,8 +1081,8 @@ class EpollPoller(mitogen.core.Poller):
         self._wfds.pop(fd, None)
         self._control(fd)
 
-    _inmask = (getattr(select, 'EPOLLIN', 0) |
-               getattr(select, 'EPOLLHUP', 0))
+    _inmask = (getattr(select, 'EPOLLIN', 0)
+               | getattr(select, 'EPOLLHUP', 0))
 
     def _poll(self, timeout):
         the_timeout = -1
@@ -1249,6 +1253,7 @@ class LogProtocol(LineLoggingProtocolMixin, mitogen.core.DelimitedProtocol):
     LogProtocol takes over this FD and creates log messages for anything
     written to it.
     """
+
     def on_line_received(self, line):
         """
         Read a line, decode it as UTF-8, and log it.
@@ -1262,6 +1267,7 @@ class MitogenProtocol(mitogen.core.MitogenProtocol):
     Extend core.MitogenProtocol to cause SHUTDOWN to be sent to the child
     during graceful shutdown.
     """
+
     def on_shutdown(self, broker):
         """
         Respond to the broker's request for the stream to shut down by sending
@@ -1424,43 +1430,63 @@ class Connection(object):
     # "[1234 refs]" during exit.
     @staticmethod
     def _first_stage():
-        R,W=os.pipe()
-        r,w=os.pipe()
+        R, W = os.pipe()
+        r, w = os.pipe()
         if os.fork():
-            os.dup2(0,100)
-            os.dup2(R,0)
-            os.dup2(r,101)
+            os.dup2(0, 100)
+            os.dup2(R, 0)
+            os.dup2(r, 101)
             os.close(R)
             os.close(r)
             os.close(W)
             os.close(w)
             if sys.platform == 'darwin' and sys.executable == '/usr/bin/python':
                 sys.executable += sys.version[:3]
-            os.environ['ARGV0']=sys.executable
-            os.execl(sys.executable,sys.executable+'(mitogen:CONTEXT_NAME)')
-        os.write(1,'MITO000\n'.encode())
-        C=_(os.fdopen(0,'rb').read(PREAMBLE_COMPRESSED_LEN),'zip')
-        fp=os.fdopen(W,'wb',0)
+            os.environ['ARGV0'] = sys.executable
+            os.execl(sys.executable, sys.executable + '(mitogen:CONTEXT_NAME)')
+        os.write(1, 'MITO000\n'.encode())
+        C = _(os.fdopen(0, 'rb').read(PREAMBLE_COMPRESSED_LEN), 'zip')
+        fp = os.fdopen(W, 'wb', 0)
         fp.write(C)
         fp.close()
-        fp=os.fdopen(w,'wb',0)
+        fp = os.fdopen(w, 'wb', 0)
         fp.write(C)
         fp.close()
-        os.write(1,'MITO001\n'.encode())
+        os.write(1, 'MITO001\n'.encode())
         os.close(2)
 
-    def get_python_argv(self):
+    def get_python_cmd(self, encoded):
         """
-        Return the initial argument vector elements necessary to invoke Python,
-        by returning a 1-element list containing :attr:`python_path` if it is a
-        string, or simply returning it if it is already a list.
+        Return the command necessary to invoke Python,
+        by returning a 1-element list containing :attr:`python_path` + codecs
 
         This allows emulation of existing tools where the Python invocation may
-        be set to e.g. `['/usr/bin/env', 'python']`.
+        be set to e.g. `['/usr/bin/env', 'python']` or
+        `['source', '/opt/rh/rh-python36/enable, '&&', 'python']`
         """
         if isinstance(self.options.python_path, list):
-            return self.options.python_path
-        return [self.options.python_path]
+            python_path = " ".join(self.options.python_path)
+        else:
+            pthon_path = self.options.python_path
+
+        # quoting the entire command necessary to invoke python supports
+        # complex python_paths
+        return ["'" + python_path + ' -c '
+            + '"\'import codecs,os,sys;_=codecs.decode;'
+            'exec(_(_("%s".encode(),"base64"),"zip"))\'"' % (encoded.decode(),),
+            "'"]
+
+        """
+        return self.get_python_argv() + [
+-            '-c',
+-            'import codecs,os,sys;_=codecs.decode;'
+-            'exec(_(_("%s".encode(),"base64"),"zip"))' % (encoded.decode(),)
+-        ]
+
+        if isinstance(self.options.python_path, list):
+-            return self.options.python_path
+-        return [self.options.python_path]
+        """
 
     def get_boot_command(self):
         source = inspect.getsource(self._first_stage)
@@ -1477,11 +1503,8 @@ class Connection(object):
         # codecs.decode() requires a bytes object. Since we must be compatible
         # with 2.4 (no bytes literal), an extra .encode() either returns the
         # same str (2.x) or an equivalent bytes (3.x).
-        return self.get_python_argv() + [
-            '-c',
-            'import codecs,os,sys;_=codecs.decode;'
-            'exec(_(_("%s".encode(),"base64"),"zip"))' % (encoded.decode(),)
-        ]
+        # return self.get_python_cmd(encoded)
+        return self.get_python_cmd(encoded)
 
     def get_econtext_config(self):
         assert self.options.max_message_size is not None
@@ -1502,7 +1525,7 @@ class Connection(object):
 
     def get_preamble(self):
         suffix = (
-            '\nExternalContext(%r).main()\n' %\
+            '\nExternalContext(%r).main()\n' %
             (self.get_econtext_config(),)
         )
         partial = get_core_source_partial()
@@ -1609,13 +1632,13 @@ class Connection(object):
         if self._reaper:
             return
 
+        # kill: # Avoid killing so child has chance to write cProfile data
         self._reaper = Reaper(
             broker=self._router.broker,
             proc=self.proc,
             kill=not (
-                (self.detached and self.child_is_immediate_subprocess) or
-                # Avoid killing so child has chance to write cProfile data
-                self._router.profiling
+                (self.detached and self.child_is_immediate_subprocess)
+                or self._router.profiling
             ),
             # Don't delay shutdown waiting for a detached child, since the
             # detached child may expect to live indefinitely after its parent
@@ -1710,6 +1733,7 @@ class ChildIdAllocator(object):
     Allocate new context IDs from a block of unique context IDs allocated by
     the master process.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, router):
         self.router = router
         self.lock = threading.Lock()
@@ -1808,6 +1832,7 @@ class CallChain(object):
 
         # chain.reset() automatically invoked.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, context, pipelined=False):
         self.context = context
         if pipelined:
@@ -1995,9 +2020,9 @@ class Context(mitogen.core.Context):
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
         return (
-            isinstance(other, mitogen.core.Context) and
-            (other.context_id == self.context_id) and
-            (other.router == self.router)
+            isinstance(other, mitogen.core.Context)
+            and (other.context_id == self.context_id)
+            and (other.router == self.router)
         )
 
     def __hash__(self):
@@ -2082,6 +2107,7 @@ class RouteMonitor(object):
         :data:`None` in the master process, or reference to the parent context
         we should propagate route updates towards.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, router, parent=None):
         self.router = router
         self.parent = parent
@@ -2166,9 +2192,9 @@ class RouteMonitor(object):
         """
         for stream in self.router.get_streams():
             if target_id in stream.protocol.egress_ids and (
-                    (self.parent is None) or
-                    (self.parent.context_id != stream.protocol.remote_id)
-                ):
+                (self.parent is None)
+                or (self.parent.context_id != stream.protocol.remote_id)
+            ):
                 self._send_one(stream, mitogen.core.DEL_ROUTE, target_id, None)
 
     def notice_stream(self, stream):
@@ -2338,6 +2364,7 @@ class Router(mitogen.core.Router):
 
         l = mitogen.core.Latch()
         mitogen.core.listen(stream, 'disconnect', l.put)
+
         def disconnect():
             LOG.debug('Starting disconnect of %r', stream)
             stream.on_disconnect(self.broker)
@@ -2447,7 +2474,7 @@ class Router(mitogen.core.Router):
             name=name,
             method_name=method_name,
             kwargs=mitogen.core.Kwargs(kwargs),
-        )
+                                )
         if resp['msg'] is not None:
             raise mitogen.core.StreamError(resp['msg'])
 
@@ -2668,6 +2695,7 @@ class PopenProcess(Process):
     :param subprocess.Popen proc:
         The subprocess.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, proc, stdin, stdout, stderr=None):
         super(PopenProcess, self).__init__(proc.pid, stdin, stdout, stderr)
         #: The subprocess.
@@ -2683,6 +2711,7 @@ class ModuleForwarder(object):
     forwarding the request to our parent context, or satisfying the request
     from our local Importer cache.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, router, parent_context, importer):
         self.router = router
         self.parent_context = parent_context