diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 378eac2..8458dd7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 build
+*.pyc
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/OSC.py b/OSC.py
index a65ae20..6db0e1e 100755
--- a/OSC.py
+++ b/OSC.py
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@
 global IntTypes
 IntTypes = [types.IntType]
 
+global BoolTypes
+BoolTypes = [types.BooleanType]
+
 global NTP_epoch
 from calendar import timegm
 NTP_epoch = timegm((1900,1,1,0,0,0)) # NTP time started in 1 Jan 1900
@@ -291,11 +294,22 @@ def append(self, argument, typehint=None):
 		elif typehint == 't':
 			binary = OSCTimeTag(argument)
 			tag = 't'
+		# for booleans we take only the empty
+		# binary from the def and trust the users tag
+		elif typehint == 'T':
+			binary = OSCBoolean(argument)[0]
+			tag = 'T'
+		elif typehint == 'F':
+			binary = OSCBoolean(arguement)[0]
+			tag = 'F'
 		else:
 			tag, binary = OSCArgument(argument, typehint)
 
 		self.typetags += tag
-		self.message += binary
+
+		if binary is not None:
+			self.message += binary
+
 		
 	def getBinary(self):
 		"""Returns the binary representation of the message
@@ -314,7 +328,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
 	def __str__(self):
 		"""Returns the Message's address and contents as a string.
 		"""
-		return "%s %s" % (self.address, str(self.values()))
+		return "%s %s %s" % (self.address, self.tags(), str(self.values()))
 	
 	def __len__(self):
 		"""Returns the number of arguments appended so far
@@ -737,6 +751,9 @@ def OSCArgument(next, typehint=None):
 		elif type(next) in IntTypes:
 			binary  = struct.pack(">i", int(next))
 			tag = 'i'
+		elif type(next) in BoolTypes:
+			# return tag and an empty string
+			tag, binary = OSCBoolean(next)
 		else:
 			binary  = OSCString(next)
 			tag = 's'
@@ -782,6 +799,22 @@ def OSCTimeTag(time):
 
 	return binary
 
+def OSCBoolean(boolean_value):
+	""" Verifys you are trying to perform opperation on 
+	a boolean and returns the empty binary required along with correct tag"""
+	# binary is always empty so define immediately
+	binary = None
+	if isinstance(boolean_value, bool):
+		if boolean_value == True:
+			tag = 'T'
+		elif boolean_value == False:
+			tag = 'F'
+	else:
+		raise OSCError('OSC was expecting and boolean and got a %s' %type(boolean_value))
+
+	return tag, binary
+
+
 ######
 #
 # OSCMessage decoding functions
@@ -795,6 +828,14 @@ def _readString(data):
 	nextData = int(math.ceil((length+1) / 4.0) * 4)
 	return (data[0:length], data[nextData:])
 
+def _readBoolean(data):
+	"""Tries to verify boolean value"""
+	# data can't have anything in it if its a boolean
+	if len(data) > 0:
+		print 'To Many Data Bits for a Boolean Value'
+	else:
+		return None, None
+
 def _readBlob(data):
 	"""Reads the next (numbered) block of data
 	"""
@@ -872,7 +913,9 @@ def _readDouble(data):
 def decodeOSC(data):
 	"""Converts a binary OSC message to a Python list. 
 	"""
-	table = {"i":_readInt, "f":_readFloat, "s":_readString, "b":_readBlob, "d":_readDouble, "t":_readTimeTag}
+	table = {"i":_readInt, "f":_readFloat, "s":_readString, 
+			 "b":_readBlob, "d":_readDouble, "t":_readTimeTag,
+			 "T":_readBoolean, "F":_readBoolean}
 	decoded = []
 	address,  rest = _readString(data)
 	if address.startswith(","):
@@ -897,8 +940,13 @@ def decodeOSC(data):
 		decoded.append(typetags)
 		if typetags.startswith(","):
 			for tag in typetags[1:]:
-				value, rest = table[tag](rest)
-				decoded.append(value)
+				if tag == 'T':
+					decoded.append(True)
+				elif tag == 'F':
+					decoded.append(False)
+				else:
+					value, rest = table[tag](rest)
+					decoded.append(value)
 		else:
 			raise OSCError("OSCMessage's typetag-string lacks the magic ','")
 
@@ -1306,7 +1354,9 @@ def getRegEx(pattern):
 	# Translate OSC-address syntax to python 're' syntax
 	pattern = pattern.replace(".", r"\.")		# first, escape all '.'s in the pattern.
 	pattern = pattern.replace("(", r"\(")		# escape all '('s.
-	pattern = pattern.replace(")", r"\)")		# escape all ')'s.
+	pattern = pattern.replace(")", r"\)")
+	pattern = pattern.replace("]", r"\]")
+	pattern = pattern.replace("[", r"\[")		# escape all ')'s.
 	pattern = pattern.replace("*", r".*")		# replace a '*' by '.*' (match 0 or more characters)
 	pattern = pattern.translate(OSCtrans)		# change '?' to '.' and '{,}' to '(|)'
 	
@@ -1691,9 +1741,9 @@ def addMsgHandler(self, address, callback):
 		  - 'callback' is the function called for incoming OSCMessages that match 'address'.
 		The callback-function will be called with the same arguments as the 'msgPrinter_handler' below
 		"""
-		for chk in '*?,[]{}# ':
+		for chk in '*?,{}# ':
 			if chk in address:
-				raise OSCServerError("OSC-address string may not contain any characters in '*?,[]{}# '")
+				raise OSCServerError("OSC-address string may not contain any characters in '*?,{}# '")
 		
 		if type(callback) not in (types.FunctionType, types.MethodType):
 			raise OSCServerError("Message callback '%s' is not callable" % repr(callback))
@@ -1728,7 +1778,6 @@ def dispatchMessage(self, pattern, tags, data, client_address):
 			raise OSCServerError("Malformed OSC-message; got %d typetags [%s] vs. %d values" % (len(tags), tags, len(data)))
 		
 		expr = getRegEx(pattern)
-		
 		replies = []
 		matched = 0
 		for addr in self.callbacks.keys():
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c010af4..7056bba 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 import OSC