Index: vws
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--- vws
+++ vws
@@ -789,11 +789,11 @@
                "sound":"-soundhw hda",
                "group":config.get("permissions", "vm_group"),
                "usb":"-usb",
                "rtc":"",
                "extraargs":"${1:+\"$@\"}"}
-    macaddr = ":".join(["%02x" % ord(x) for x in  chr(0x52) + os.urandom(5)])
+    macaddr = ":".join(['52'] + ["%02x" % x for x in  os.urandom(5)])
     if parsed_args.shared:
         machinedir = os.path.join(config.get("directories", "SharedVMs"),
                                   parsed_args.machine)
         dirmode = 0o775
     else: