diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 784d9e571b..38ccc563ec 100755
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import urllib
+from __future__ import print_function
+from future.standard_library import install_aliases
+install_aliases()
+
+from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlencode
+from urllib.request import urlopen, Request
+from urllib.error import HTTPError
+
 import json
 import os
 
@@ -35,8 +42,8 @@ def processRequest(req):
     yql_query = makeYqlQuery(req)
     if yql_query is None:
         return {}
-    yql_url = baseurl + urllib.urlencode({'q': yql_query}) + "&format=json"
-    result = urllib.urlopen(yql_url).read()
+    yql_url = baseurl + urlencode({'q': yql_query}) + "&format=json"
+    result = urlopen(yql_url).read()
     data = json.loads(result)
     res = makeWebhookResult(data)
     return res
@@ -95,6 +102,6 @@ def makeWebhookResult(data):
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     port = int(os.getenv('PORT', 5000))
 
-    print "Starting app on port %d" % port
+    print("Starting app on port %d" % port)
 
     app.run(debug=False, port=port, host='0.0.0.0')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 56eeb0c801..a679b0f117 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-Flask==0.10.1
\ No newline at end of file
+Flask==0.10.1
+future==0.16.0