diff --git a/src/Base/GeometryPyCXX.cpp b/src/Base/GeometryPyCXX.cpp
index 843cb5bb6..a01fe6ced 100644
--- a/src/Base/GeometryPyCXX.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/GeometryPyCXX.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "GeometryPyCXX.h"
-#include "VectorPy.h"
+#include <Base/VectorPy.h>
 
 
 int Py::Vector::Vector_TypeCheck(PyObject * obj)
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ bool Py::Vector::accepts (PyObject *obj) const
     if (obj && Vector_TypeCheck (obj)) {
         return true;
     }
-    else if (obj && PyTuple_Check(obj)) {
-        return (PyTuple_Size(obj) == 3);
+    else if (obj && PySequence_Check(obj)) {
+        return (PySequence_Size(obj) == 3);
     }
 
     return false;
diff --git a/src/Base/VectorPyImp.cpp b/src/Base/VectorPyImp.cpp
index 4eb43b35f..94c7342e8 100644
--- a/src/Base/VectorPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/VectorPyImp.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ int VectorPy::PyInit(PyObject* args, PyObject* /*kwd*/)
         return 0;
     }
     PyErr_Clear(); // set by PyArg_ParseTuple()
-    if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args,"O!",&(PyTuple_Type), &object)) {
+    if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args,"O", &object)) {
         try {
             *ptr = getVectorFromTuple<double>(object);
             return 0;
@@ -238,21 +238,21 @@ PyObject* VectorPy::richCompare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, int op)
         Vector3d v2 = static_cast<VectorPy*>(w)->value();
 
         PyObject *res=0;
-        if (op != Py_EQ && op != Py_NE) {
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-            "no ordering relation is defined for Vector");
-            return 0;
-        }
-        else if (op == Py_EQ) {
-            res = (v1 == v2) ? Py_True : Py_False;
+        if (op != Py_EQ && op != Py_NE) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+            "no ordering relation is defined for Vector");
+            return 0;
+        }
+        else if (op == Py_EQ) {
+            res = (v1 == v2) ? Py_True : Py_False;
             Py_INCREF(res);
             return res;
-        }
-        else {
-            res = (v1 != v2) ? Py_True : Py_False;
+        }
+        else {
+            res = (v1 != v2) ? Py_True : Py_False;
             Py_INCREF(res);
             return res;
-        }
+        }
     }
     else {
         // This always returns False