diff --git a/pyswip/easy.py b/pyswip/easy.py
index 4cf9a9a..fa470fe 100644
--- a/pyswip/easy.py
+++ b/pyswip/easy.py
@@ -23,9 +23,18 @@
 # SOFTWARE.
 
 
+import sys
+
 from pyswip.core import *
 
 
+# For backwards compability with Python 2 64bit
+if sys.version_info < (3,):
+    integer_types = (int, long,)
+else:
+    integer_types = (int,)
+
+
 class InvalidTypeError(TypeError):
     def __init__(self, *args):
         type_ = args and args[0] or "Unknown"
@@ -67,7 +76,7 @@ def fromTerm(cls, term):
 
         if isinstance(term, Term):
             term = term.handle
-        elif not isinstance(term, (c_void_p, int)):
+        elif not isinstance(term, (c_void_p, integer_types)):
             raise ArgumentTypeError((str(Term), str(c_void_p)), str(type(term)))
 
         a = atom_t()
@@ -266,7 +275,7 @@ def fromTerm(cls, term):
 
         if isinstance(term, Term):
             term = term.handle
-        elif not isinstance(term, (c_void_p, int)):
+        elif not isinstance(term, (c_void_p, integer_types)):
             raise ArgumentTypeError((str(Term), str(int)), str(type(term)))
 
         f = functor_t()
diff --git a/tests/test_examples.py b/tests/test_examples.py
index 9109010..338a912 100644
--- a/tests/test_examples.py
+++ b/tests/test_examples.py
@@ -280,5 +280,5 @@ def test_sudoku(self):
 
 def example_path(path):
     import os.path
-    return os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0], "..", "examples", path))
+    return os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0], "..", "examples", path)).replace("\\", "\\\\")