diff --git a/provisioning/roles/datastore/templates/datastore-config-server.py b/provisioning/roles/datastore/templates/datastore-config-server.py
index a64703cd..9937e3ef 100644
--- a/provisioning/roles/datastore/templates/datastore-config-server.py
+++ b/provisioning/roles/datastore/templates/datastore-config-server.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/local/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # {{ ansible_managed }}
 """ Simple XML-RPC Server to run on the datastore server.
 
@@ -10,52 +10,48 @@
     library documentation and extended.
 
 """
-from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCServer
-from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler
-import urllib.request, urllib.error, urllib.parse
 import hashlib
-import subprocess
-import os
 
-HASH = '/tmp/hash_datastore'
-DATASTORE_CFG = '{{ datastore_config }}'
+from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler, SimpleXMLRPCServer
+
+HASH = Path('/tmp/hash_datastore')
+DATASTORE_CFG = Path('{{ datastore_config }}')
 CFG_URL = '{{ datastore_config_url }}'
-RELOAD_PATH = '/tmp/uwsgi-reload.me'
+RELOAD_PATH = Path('/tmp/uwsgi-reload.me')
 
 
 def reload_datastore():
     """Load datastore config and reload datastore, if necessary"""
 
-    datastore_cfg = urllib.request.urlopen(CFG_URL).read()
+    datastore_cfg = urlopen(CFG_URL).read()
     new_hash = hashlib.sha1(datastore_cfg).hexdigest()
 
     try:
-        with open(HASH) as file:
-            old_hash = file.readline()
+        old_hash = HASH.read_text()
     except OSError:
         old_hash = None
 
     if new_hash == old_hash:
         return True
     else:
-        with open(DATASTORE_CFG, 'wb') as file:
-            file.write(datastore_cfg)
+        DATASTORE_CFG.write_bytes(datastore_cfg)
 
         # reload uWSGI
-        with open(RELOAD_PATH, 'a'):
-            os.utime(RELOAD_PATH, None)
+        Path(RELOAD_PATH).touch()
 
-        with open(HASH, 'w') as file:
-            file.write(new_hash)
+        HASH.write_text(new_hash)
 
     return True
 
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+class RequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
     # Restrict to a particular path.
-    class RequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
-        rpc_paths = ('/RPC2',)
+    rpc_paths = ('/RPC2',)
 
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
     # Create server
     server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(('{{ datastore_host }}', {{datastore_port}}), requestHandler=RequestHandler)
     server.register_introspection_functions()
diff --git a/scripts/fake-datastore-xmlrpc-server.py b/scripts/fake-datastore-xmlrpc-server.py
index 8dd2e1dc..6e32c673 100644
--- a/scripts/fake-datastore-xmlrpc-server.py
+++ b/scripts/fake-datastore-xmlrpc-server.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 """ Simple XML-RPC Server to run on the datastore server.
 
     This daemon should be run on HiSPARC's datastore server.  It will
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@
 """
 import hashlib
 
+from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler, SimpleXMLRPCServer
 
-HASH = '/tmp/hash_datastore'
-DATASTORE_CFG = '/tmp/station_list.csv'
+HASH = Path('/tmp/hash_datastore')
+DATASTORE_CFG = Path('/tmp/station_list.csv')
 CFG_URL = 'http://publicdb:8000/config/datastore'
 
 
@@ -26,8 +27,7 @@ def reload_datastore():
     new_hash = hashlib.sha1(datastore_cfg).hexdigest()
 
     try:
-        with open(HASH) as file:
-            old_hash = file.readline()
+        old_hash = HASH.read_text()
     except OSError:
         old_hash = None
 
@@ -35,13 +35,11 @@ def reload_datastore():
         print("New hash is old hash")
         return True
     else:
-        with open(DATASTORE_CFG, 'wb') as file:
-            file.write(datastore_cfg)
+        DATASTORE_CFG.write_bytes(datastore_cfg)
 
         print("New hash received")
 
-        with open(HASH, 'w') as file:
-            file.write(new_hash)
+        HASH.write_text(new_hash)
 
     return True