diff --git a/wrapper/python/wolfssl/.gitignore b/wrapper/python/wolfssl/.gitignore
index 421703396..5e6f6f9bd 100644
--- a/wrapper/python/wolfssl/.gitignore
+++ b/wrapper/python/wolfssl/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ dist/
 .tox/
 # Sphinx documentation
 docs/_build/
+
+# Virtual env
+.env
diff --git a/wrapper/python/wolfssl/wolfssl/_methods.py b/wrapper/python/wolfssl/wolfssl/_methods.py
index c5d7901e6..ae0a03d9f 100644
--- a/wrapper/python/wolfssl/wolfssl/_methods.py
+++ b/wrapper/python/wolfssl/wolfssl/_methods.py
@@ -45,16 +45,16 @@ class WolfSSLMethod:
         if protocol not in _PROTOCOL_LIST:
             raise ValueError("this protocol is not supported")
 
-        elif protocol is PROTOCOL_SSLv3:
+        elif protocol == PROTOCOL_SSLv3:
             raise ValueError("this protocol is not supported")
 
-        elif protocol is PROTOCOL_TLSv1:
+        elif protocol == PROTOCOL_TLSv1:
             raise ValueError("this protocol is not supported")
 
-        elif protocol is PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1:
+        elif protocol == PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1:
             raise ValueError("this protocol is not supported")
 
-        elif protocol is PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2:
+        elif protocol == PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2:
             self.native_object =                                     \
                 _lib.wolfTLSv1_2_server_method() if server_side else \
                 _lib.wolfTLSv1_2_client_method()