diff --git a/image_util.py b/image_util.py
index 16dbc38..38bd689 100644
--- a/image_util.py
+++ b/image_util.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from io import StringIO
+from io import BytesIO
 import io
 import base64
 import colorsys
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def image_to_binary(image, crush=False):
         if output == 1:
             print("failed to crush")
         s=bson.binary.Binary(open(outfile).read())
-        print(time.time()-t_time)
+        print((time.time()-t_time))
         return s
     else:
         output = StringIO.StringIO()
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def load_image(image_data):
             image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(byte_data))
         except:
             byte_data = image_data
-            image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(byte_data))
+            image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(base64.b64decode(byte_data, validate=True)))
 
     image = image.convert("RGBA")
     return image
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ def image_to_bmp_string(img):
     return base64.b64encode(string)
 
 def image_to_string_format(img,format_type, conv="RGB"):
-    output = StringIO.StringIO()
+    output = BytesIO()
     img.convert(conv).save(output, format=format_type)
-    string = output.getvalue()
+    string = output.getbuffer()
     return base64.b64encode(string)
 
 def color_byte_to_hex(byte_color):
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def rectify_sub(image):
     #  _   
     #   | 
     curr_pixel = BLACK
-    for i in reversed(range(w)):
+    for i in reversed(list(range(w))):
         if i == w-1:
             continue
         for j in range(h):
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def rectify_sub(image):
     #  
     #  |_
     curr_pixel = BLACK
-    for j in reversed(range(h)):
+    for j in reversed(list(range(h))):
         if j == h-1:
             continue
         for i in range(w):
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ def rectify_sub(image):
     #
     #  
     curr_pixel = BLACK
-    for j in reversed(range(h)):
+    for j in reversed(list(range(h))):
         if j == h-1:
             continue
-        for i in reversed(range(w)):
+        for i in reversed(list(range(w))):
             last_pixel = curr_pixel
             curr_pixel = image.getpixel((i,j))
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def segfill(image, mark_color, target_color):
                 last_red = False
 
 
-    for entry in new_h_range.keys():
+    for entry in list(new_h_range.keys()):
         if entry > 0:
             new_h_range[entry-1] = 1
     new_h_range = sorted(new_h_range.keys())
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ def floodfill2(image, center, bg_color):
     last_marked = [[0,i] for i in range(h)]#center]
     last_marked2 = list()
     rounds = 0
-    print(time.time()-t)
+    print((time.time()-t))
     a = 0
     b = 0
     while last_marked:
@@ -367,10 +367,10 @@ def floodfill2(image, center, bg_color):
 
         ##########
         #print([chr(x) for x in bytes_array])
-    print(time.time()-t)
+    print((time.time()-t))
     print([a,b])
     image_out = Image.frombytes(mode, (w,h),"".join([chr(x) for x in bytes_array]))
-    print(time.time()-t)
+    print((time.time()-t))
     image_out.show()
 
 
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ def reduce_to_multi_color(img, bg, colors_map, threshold):
             else:
                 tc, tc_map = entry, entry
 
-            if isinstance(tc, basestring):
+            if isinstance(tc, str):
                 tc = color_hex_to_byte(tc)
 
                 rr = r-tc[0]
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ def fix_bounding_box(img, bounding_box):
     w = img.width
     h = img.height
     for key in bounding_box:
-        if isinstance(bounding_box[key], basestring):
+        if isinstance(bounding_box[key], str):
             bounding_box[key] = int(bounding_box[key])
     if 'w' in bounding_box:
         if bounding_box['x'] < 0:
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ def tint_image(image, color, border=2):
 def black_expand(image, mark_color, target_colors):
     w = image.width
     h = image.height
-    if isinstance(target_colors, basestring):
+    if isinstance(target_colors, str):
         target_colors = [target_colors]
 
     mark_color = tuple(color_hex_to_byte(mark_color)[0:3])
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ def black_expand(image, mark_color, target_colors):
                         if j < h-1 and image.getpixel((i, j+1)) in target_colors:
                             image.putpixel((i,j+1), mark_color)
                 break
-    print("Black expand took: "+str(time.time()-t_time))
+    print(("Black expand took: "+str(time.time()-t_time)))
     return image
 
 def expand_vertical(img, bg_color, target_color):
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ def expand_vertical(img, bg_color, target_color):
                             upset[j] = 1
                 for key in upset:
                     image.putpixel((i, key), target)
-    print("vert expand ", time.time()-t_time)
+    print(("vert expand ", time.time()-t_time))
     return image
 
 def expand_horizontal(img, bg_color, target_color):
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ def expand_horizontal(img, bg_color, target_color):
                             upset[i] = 1
                 for key in upset:
                     image.putpixel((key, j), target)
-    print("horizontal expand ", time.time()-t_time)
+    print(("horizontal expand ", time.time()-t_time))
     return image
 
 
diff --git a/image_util.pyc b/image_util.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index e98cf05..0000000
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diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 1f7e0cc..f793488 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ def main():
     plud = {"person_box": person_box,
             "person_dict": {}}
     for i, key in enumerate(person_tiles):
-        print("p", i,key)
+        print(("p", i,key))
         if pmap[i] >= 0:    
             cropped_pic = person_dict[key]
             plud['person_dict'][cropped_pic] = {
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ def main():
             }
 
     for i, key in enumerate(fail_person_tiles):
-        print("pp", i,key)
+        print(("pp", i,key))
         if pmapf[i] >= 0:
             cropped_pic = fail_person_dict[key]
             plud['person_dict'][cropped_pic] = {
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ def main():
         t = time.time()
         k, map_data = ParseScreenObstructions.parse_screen(im, tile_info, lud, 
                                                plud, partial_center=True)
-        print(time.time()-t)
+        print((time.time()-t))
         import pdb
         pdb.set_trace()
      
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ class PathFinder:
             path.append((py,px, vy,vx))
             py-=vy
             px-=vx
-            print("path", path[-1])
+            print(("path", path[-1]))
         
         path = path[::-1]
         return path
@@ -669,8 +669,8 @@ class PackageOutput:
                                 spec = " ".join(sp[:i])
                                 break
                         if spec not in " ".join(mem):
-                            print("spec", spec)
-                            print(" ".join(mem).split())
+                            print(("spec", spec))
+                            print((" ".join(mem).split()))
                             specials[spec] = 1
                     else:
                         sp = entry.split(" ")
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ class PackageOutput:
                 if not output:
                     output.append("None")
                 if specials:
-                    print("____++", mem)
+                    print(("____++", mem))
                     output.append("special,")
                     for key in specials:
                         output.append(key+",")
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ class PackageOutput:
         if state_dict.get("paused") == 1:
             if self.pause_mode['active'] is True:
                 output = list()
-            print(self.pause_mode)
+            print((self.pause_mode))
             if self.pause_mode['active'] is False and clicked.get('start'):
                 self.pause_mode['active'] = True
                 self.pause_mode['goal'] = "menu"
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ class PackageOutput:
             elif self.pause_mode['active'] and state_dict.get("start") and self.pause_mode['goal'] != "menu":
                 pass
             elif self.pause_mode['active'] and not state_dict.get("start") and self.pause_mode['goal'] != "menu":
-                print(self.pause_mode['goal'])
+                print((self.pause_mode['goal']))
                 press_output = ["unpause"]
             elif self.pause_mode['active'] and self.pause_mode['total'] > 0:
                 if state_dict.get("a"):#clicked.get("a"):
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ class PackageOutput:
                             break
                 if path_data and x is not None and y is not None:
                     path = PathFinder.find_path(path_data, 6-y,7+x)
-                    print("X Y ",x,y,target, num, goal)
+                    print(("X Y ",x,y,target, num, goal))
                     if path:
                         vy = -1*path[0][2]
                         vx = path[0][3]
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ class PackageOutput:
                                 press_output.append("left")
                             elif vx > 0:
                                 press_output.append("right")
-                            print("AAAA ", map_data['tiles'][6-vy][7+vx]['type'], target)
+                            print(("AAAA ", map_data['tiles'][6-vy][7+vx]['type'], target))
                             if map_data['tiles'][6-vy][7+vx]['type'] == target.replace(",", "").strip():
                                 press_output.append("a")
                                 output = list()
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ def main_b():
         t = time.time()
         k, map_data = ParseScreenObstructions.parse_screen(im, tile_info, lud, 
                                                plud, partial_center=True)
-        print( time.time()-t)
+        print(( time.time()-t))
         import pdb
         pdb.set_trace()
  
@@ -924,9 +924,9 @@ def main_c():
     for i in range(10):
         im = Image.open("maps_"+str(2+i)+".png")
         t = time.time()
-        print ("--", po.memory)
-        print (po.run(im))
-        print (time.time()-t)
+        print(("--", po.memory))
+        print((po.run(im)))
+        print((time.time()-t))
         import pdb
         pdb.set_trace()
 
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ class ParseScreenObstructions:
                     east_obs = i-8;
 
         for j, doc in enumerate(results['vertical']):
-	    if doc and j != 6 and doc['obs']%2 == 1:
+            if doc and j != 6 and doc['obs']%2 == 1:
                 if j < 6:
                     north_obs = 5-j;
                 if j > 6 and south_obs == None:
@@ -1165,11 +1165,11 @@ class ParseScreenText:
             ch = seen[k]
             im.paste(load_image(ch), (c*8, 0))
 
-        kk = found_tiles.keys()
+        kk = list(found_tiles.keys())
         stra = [x for x in "        >>ABCDEFGHIJ   KLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ',.123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-"]
         stra.extend(["..", "!", "?", " "," "," "," "," "," "," "," ",">",">"," "," ", "Mail", "Rod", " ", "Sword", " ", " "," "," "," "," "," ","Nunchucks", " ", " ","Hammer", " ", " ", " ", "Level", "/", "Weapon", " ", " ", " ", " ", "Status", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", ">", ">", " ", "E", ">", ">", "Fight", " ", " ", " "," ", " ", "Magic", " ", " ", " ", "Drink", " ", " ", " "])
         output_dict = OrderedDict()
-        kk2 = [seen[x] for x in seen.keys()]
+        kk2 = [seen[x] for x in list(seen.keys())]
         for i, ch in enumerate(kk2):
             subi = load_image(ch)
             new_subi = reduce_to_colors(subi.convert("P", palette=Image.ADAPTIVE), ["FFFFFF"], 32)
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ class TileTools:
         return ress[0][0:2]
 
 def to_image_key(img):
-    if isinstance(img, basestring):
+    if isinstance(img, str):
         img = load_image(img)
     key = image_to_string_format(img, "BMP")
     return key
@@ -1314,11 +1314,11 @@ class ScreenSelector:
  
         #images have different bmp headers sometimes, so reformat them here.
         new_dict = dict()
-        for key, val in cls.luds['plud']['person_dict'].items():
+        for key, val in list(cls.luds['plud']['person_dict'].items()):
             new_dict[image_to_string_format(load_image(key),"BMP")] = val
         cls.luds['plud']['person_dict'] = new_dict
         new_dict = dict()
-        for key, val in cls.luds['lud'].items():
+        for key, val in list(cls.luds['lud'].items()):
             new_dict[image_to_string_format(load_image(key), "BMP")] = val
         cls.luds['lud'] = new_dict
         
@@ -2159,9 +2159,9 @@ def main2():
         im = load_image(image['image_data'])
         t = time.time()
         tex = ParseScreenText.parse_screen(im, f)
-        print (time.time()-t)
+        print((time.time()-t))
         for coord, line in tex:
-            print(coord, line)
+            print((coord, line))
         if tex:
             import pdb
             pdb.set_trace()
@@ -2351,8 +2351,8 @@ def test_person():
     po = PackageOutput("ff1_data.lud", "enemy_lookup.dat")
     import pdb
     pdb.set_trace()
-    print ("--", po.memory)
-    print (po.run(im, {"paused": 1}))
+    print(("--", po.memory))
+    print((po.run(im, {"paused": 1})))
  
 
 if __name__=='__main__':
diff --git a/test.pyc b/test.pyc
deleted file mode 100644
index 95d0a05..0000000
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diff --git a/test_serve.py b/test_serve.py
index b694311..1b50b72 100644
--- a/test_serve.py
+++ b/test_serve.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import time
 import accessible_output2.outputs.auto
 import os
 import base64
+import test
 po = test.PackageOutput("ff1_data.lud", "enemy_lookup.dat")
 
 auto_obj = accessible_output2.outputs.auto.Auto()
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ def text_to_sound(string):
     data = base64.b64encode(open("wave_out.wav").read())
     return data 
 
-class MainHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+class MainHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     def do_GET(self):
         self.send_response(200)
         self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class MainHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             state = doc.get('state', {})
             t_time = time.time()
             strings, presses = po.run(im, state)
-            print('aaa', time.time()-t_time)
+            print(('aaa', time.time()-t_time))
             words = " ".join(strings).replace(">", " ").split(" ")
             nw = list()
             for idx, word in enumerate(words):
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ class MainHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         self.send_response(200)
         self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
         output = json.dumps(res)
-        print(len(output), time.time()-t_time)
+        print((len(output), time.time()-t_time))
         self.send_header("Content-Length", len(output))
         self.end_headers()
         self.wfile.write(output)
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ class MainHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
 def main():
     host = "localhost"
     port = 4404
-    server_class = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer
+    server_class = HTTPServer
     httpd = server_class((host, port), MainHandler)
     try:
         httpd.serve_forever()