diff --git a/etherdump/commands/settext.py b/etherdump/commands/settext.py
index 9c29729..b96cf1f 100644
--- a/etherdump/commands/settext.py
+++ b/etherdump/commands/settext.py
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 import json, sys
-from urllib import urlencode
-from urllib2 import urlopen, HTTPError, URLError
+
+try:
+    # python2
+    from urllib2 import urlopen, URLError, HTTPError
+    from urllib import urlencode
+except ImportError:
+    # python3
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode, quote
+    from urllib.request import urlopen, URLError, HTTPError
+
 import requests
 
 
@@ -56,5 +64,5 @@ def main(args):
     results = requests.post(requesturl, params=data) # json.load(urlopen(requesturl))
     results = json.loads(results.text)
     if results['code'] != 0:
-        print (u"setText: ERROR ({0}) on pad {1}: {2}".format(results['code'], args.padid, results['message']).encode("utf-8"))
+        print ("setText: ERROR ({0}) on pad {1}: {2}".format(results['code'], args.padid, results['message']))
         # json.dumps(results, indent=2)