diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 30387a6..68fe102 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Oct 28, 2013 - v0.5.7  Fixed bad import error message when libopenjpeg library
+    not installed on mac.
+
+Oct 13, 2013 - v0.5.6  Fixed handling of non-ascii chars in XML boxes.  Fixed
+    some docstring errors in jp2box module.
+
 Oct 03, 2013 - v0.5.5  Fixed pip install error introduced in 0.5.0.  
 
 Sep 24, 2013 - v0.5.4  Fixed test error restricted to v2.0.
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index f847e68..90db6a3 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ copyright = u'2013, John Evans'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.5'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.5.5'
+release = '0.5.7'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/glymur/lib/config.py b/glymur/lib/config.py
index e3a5c1d..2a85cbe 100644
--- a/glymur/lib/config.py
+++ b/glymur/lib/config.py
@@ -43,37 +43,62 @@ def glymurrc_fname():
     return None
 
 
-def load_openjpeg(libopenjpeg_path):
+def load_openjpeg(path):
     """Load the openjpeg library, falling back on defaults if necessary.
     """
-    if libopenjpeg_path is None:
+    if path is None:
         # Let ctypes try to find it.
-        libopenjpeg_path = find_library('openjpeg')
+        path = find_library('openjpeg')
 
-    # If we could not find it, then look in some likely locations.
-    if libopenjpeg_path is None:
+    # If we could not find it, then look in some likely locations on mac
+    # and win.
+    if path is None:
         if platform.system() == 'Darwin':
+            # MacPorts
             path = '/opt/local/lib/libopenjpeg.dylib'
-            if os.path.exists(path):
-                libopenjpeg_path = path
         elif os.name == 'nt':
             path = os.path.join('C:\\', 'Program files', 'OpenJPEG 1.5',
                                 'bin', 'openjpeg.dll')
-            if os.path.exists(path):
-                libopenjpeg_path = path
-        else:
-            # No sense trying further on Linux
-            return None
+
+    return load_library_handle(path)
+
+
+def load_openjp2(path):
+    """Load the openjp2 library, falling back on defaults if necessary.
+    """
+    if path is None:
+        # No help from the config file, try to find it ourselves.
+        path = find_library('openjp2')
+
+    if path is None:
+        if platform.system() == 'Darwin':
+            # MacPorts
+            path = '/opt/local/lib/libopenjp2.dylib'
+        elif os.name == 'nt':
+            path = os.path.join('C:\\', 'Program files', 'OpenJPEG 2.0',
+                                'bin', 'openjp2.dll')
+
+    return load_library_handle(path)
+
+
+def load_library_handle(path):
+    """Load the library, return the ctypes handle."""
+
+    if path is None:
+        return None
 
     try:
         if os.name == "nt":
-            openjpeg_lib = ctypes.windll.LoadLibrary(libopenjpeg_path)
+            opj_lib = ctypes.windll.LoadLibrary(path)
         else:
-            openjpeg_lib = ctypes.CDLL(libopenjpeg_path)
-    except OSError:
-        openjpeg_lib = None
+            opj_lib = ctypes.CDLL(path)
+    except (TypeError, OSError):
+        msg = '"Library {0}" could not be loaded.  Operating in degraded mode.'
+        msg = msg.format(path)
+        warnings.warn(msg, UserWarning)
+        opj_lib = None
 
-    return openjpeg_lib
+    return opj_lib
 
 
 def read_config_file():
@@ -98,41 +123,6 @@ def read_config_file():
     return lib
 
 
-def load_openjp2(libopenjp2_path):
-    """Load the openjp2 library, falling back on defaults if necessary.
-    """
-    if libopenjp2_path is None:
-        # No help from the config file, try to find it ourselves.
-        libopenjp2_path = find_library('openjp2')
-
-    if libopenjp2_path is None:
-        if platform.system() == 'Darwin':
-            path = '/opt/local/lib/libopenjp2.dylib'
-            if os.path.exists(path):
-                libopenjp2_path = path
-        elif os.name == 'nt':
-            path = os.path.join('C:\\', 'Program files', 'OpenJPEG 2.0',
-                                'bin', 'openjp2.dll')
-            if os.path.exists(path):
-                libopenjp2_path = path
-
-    if libopenjp2_path is None:
-        return None
-
-    try:
-        if os.name == "nt":
-            openjp2_lib = ctypes.windll.LoadLibrary(libopenjp2_path)
-        else:
-            openjp2_lib = ctypes.CDLL(libopenjp2_path)
-    except (TypeError, OSError):
-        msg = '"Library {0}" could not be loaded.  Operating in degraded mode.'
-        msg = msg.format(libopenjp2_path)
-        warnings.warn(msg, UserWarning)
-        openjp2_lib = None
-
-    return openjp2_lib
-
-
 def glymur_config():
     """Try to ascertain locations of openjp2, openjpeg libraries.
     """
diff --git a/glymur/version.py b/glymur/version.py
index 192859f..6068a93 100644
--- a/glymur/version.py
+++ b/glymur/version.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from .lib import openjp2 as opj2
 
 # Do not change the format of this next line!  Doing so risks breaking
 # setup.py
-version = "0.5.5"
+version = "0.5.7"
 _sv = LooseVersion(version)
 version_tuple = _sv.version