diff --git a/postmonkey/__init__.py b/postmonkey/__init__.py
index fa7581a..c5765ae 100644
--- a/postmonkey/__init__.py
+++ b/postmonkey/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import requests
-from urllib import quote
+from urllib.request import quote
 from functools import partial
 
 from . exceptions import (
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def _make_method_call(self, methodname, **kwargs):
 
         try:
             resp = self.postrequest(url, data=payload, headers=headers)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             raise PostRequestError(e)
 
         decoded = self._deserialize_response(resp.text)
diff --git a/postmonkey/tests.py b/postmonkey/tests.py
index 090cc19..fee5c55 100644
--- a/postmonkey/tests.py
+++ b/postmonkey/tests.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def test_endpoint_explicit_datacenter(self):
 
     def test_serialize_valid_payload(self):
         import json
-        from urllib import unquote
+        from urllib.request import unquote
         settings = {'default1':'', 'default2':''}
         inst = self._makeOne(settings)
         payload = {'param1':'', 'param2':''}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def test_serialize_invalid_payload(self):
 
     def test_payload_takes_precedence(self):
         import json
-        from urllib import unquote
+        from urllib.request import unquote
         settings = {'default1':'', 'default2':''}
         inst = self._makeOne(settings)
         payload = {'default1':'overriden'}
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def __init__(self, text):
 
 def dummy_post_request(url, data='', headers={}, timeout=None):
     import json
-    from urllib import unquote
+    from urllib.request import unquote
     params = json.loads(unquote(data))
     resp = {'received': params}
     json = json.dumps(resp)