diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f0c2066..11588a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ any code you want.
 
 ### Instructions
 
-All of the code to make it work is contained in the single file, `fauxmo.py`. It
-requires Python 2.7 and standard libraries. The example handler class that
+All of the code to make it work is contained in the single file, `fauxmo.py`, which is python 2, and 3 compatible. The example handler class that
 reacts to on and off commands uses the [python-requests](http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/)
 library, but could be replaced with code that does the same thing in many
 different ways.
diff --git a/fauxmo.py b/fauxmo.py
index 1df4e1d..9bf34fc 100755
--- a/fauxmo.py
+++ b/fauxmo.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 def dbg(msg):
     global DEBUG
     if DEBUG:
-        print msg
+        print(msg)
         sys.stdout.flush()
 
 
@@ -300,17 +300,17 @@ def init_socket(self):
 
             try:
                 self.ssock.bind(('',self.port))
-            except Exception, e:
+            except Exception as e:
                 dbg("WARNING: Failed to bind %s:%d: %s" , (self.ip,self.port,e))
                 ok = False
 
             try:
                 self.ssock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP,socket.IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP,self.mreq)
-            except Exception, e:
+            except Exception as e:
                 dbg('WARNING: Failed to join multicast group:',e)
                 ok = False
 
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             dbg("Failed to initialize UPnP sockets:",e)
             return False
         if ok:
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ def recvfrom(self,size):
                 return self.ssock.recvfrom(size)
             else:
                 return False, False
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             dbg(e)
             return False, False
 
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ def off(self):
         # Allow time for a ctrl-c to stop the process
         p.poll(100)
         time.sleep(0.1)
-    except Exception, e:
+    except Exception as e:
         dbg(e)
         break