diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
index b25126d..7528dc2 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.md
+++ b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Authors ordered by first contribution:
  - Richard Lau (https://github.com/richardlau)
  - Gibson Fahnestock (https://github.com/gibfahn)
  - Abdirahim Musse (https://github.com/ab-m)
- 
+ - Gaby Baghdadi (https://github.com/gabylb)
diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index e5f0a16..e2f0482 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
       }],
       ['OS in "os390 zos"', {
         "defines": [ "_ZOS", "_UNIX03_THREADS" ],
-        'cflags_cc': ['-Wc,EXPORTALL', '-qnoconvlit'],
+        'cflags_cc': ['-Wc,EXPORTALL', '-qascii'],
         'cflags!': [ '-fno-omit-frame-pointer' ],
       }],
       ['OS=="linux"', {
diff --git a/src/ibmras/common/LogManager.cpp b/src/ibmras/common/LogManager.cpp
index c11fe31..7ba9918 100644
--- a/src/ibmras/common/LogManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ibmras/common/LogManager.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #define VPRINT vsprintf
 #endif
 
+#ifdef _ZOS
+extern "C" int dprintf(int fd, const char *fmt, ...);
+#endif
+
 extern "C" {
 
 DECL void* ibmras_common_LogManager_getLogger(const char* name) {
@@ -56,8 +60,12 @@ void LogManager::processMsg(const std::string &msg) {
 		if (localLogFunc) {
 			localLogFunc(msg);
 		} else {
+#ifdef _ZOS
+                        dprintf(2,"%s\n",msg.c_str());
+#else
 			std::cerr << msg << '\n';
 			std::cerr.flush();
+#endif
 		}
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/src/ibmras/common/util/strUtils.cpp b/src/ibmras/common/util/strUtils.cpp
index 03c8405..c0e69f8 100644
--- a/src/ibmras/common/util/strUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/ibmras/common/util/strUtils.cpp
@@ -100,11 +100,12 @@ std::string expectedNativeCodepage() {
 }
 
 
-void convertCodePage(char * str, const char* toCodePage, const char * fromCodePage) {
+int convertCodePage(char * str, const char* toCodePage, const char * fromCodePage) {
+  // return 0: no change, 1: changed, -1: error
   std::string codepage = expectedNativeCodepage();
   if (codepage.compare("IBM-1047") == 0) {
       //already in that codepage - return
-      return;
+      return 0;
   }
   char *cp = (char*)ibmras::common::memory::allocate(strlen(str) + 1);
   strcpy(cp,str);
@@ -117,15 +118,19 @@ void convertCodePage(char * str, const char* toCodePage, const char * fromCodePa
 
   if ((cd = iconv_open(toCodePage, fromCodePage)) == (iconv_t)(-1)) {
     fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open converter to %s from %s\n", toCodePage, fromCodePage);
-    return;
+    return -1;
   }
 
   rc = iconv(cd, &inptr, &inleft, &outptr, &outleft);
   if (rc == -1) {
     fprintf(stderr, "Error in converting characters\n");
   }
+  else {
+    rc = 1;
+  }
   iconv_close(cd);
   ibmras::common::memory::deallocate((unsigned char**)&cp);
+  return rc;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -135,9 +140,11 @@ void native2Ascii(char * str, bool convertToCurrentLocale) {
     if ( NULL != str )
     {
         if (convertToCurrentLocale) {
-          convertCodePage(str, expectedNativeCodepage().c_str(), "IBM-1047");
+          int rc = convertCodePage(str, expectedNativeCodepage().c_str(), "IBM-1047");
+          if (rc==1) { 
+            __etoa(str);
+          }
         }
-        __etoa(str);
     }
 #endif
 }