diff --git a/duckduckgo.py b/duckduckgo.py
index 4f81e06..5a50298 100755
--- a/duckduckgo.py
+++ b/duckduckgo.py
@@ -5,8 +5,15 @@
 #
 # See LICENSE for terms of usage, modification and redistribution.
 
-import urllib
-import urllib2
+try:
+    import urllib.parse as urllib
+except ImportError:
+    import urllib
+try:
+    import urllib.request as urllib2
+except ImportError:
+    import urllib2
+
 import json as j
 import sys
 
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ def query(query, useragent='python-duckduckgo '+str(__version__), safesearch=Tru
 
     request = urllib2.Request(url, headers={'User-Agent': useragent})
     response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
-    json = j.loads(response.read())
+    json = j.loads(response.read().decode('utf-8'))
     response.close()
 
     return Results(json)
@@ -138,7 +145,7 @@ def get_zci(q, web_fallback=True, priority=['answer', 'abstract', 'related.0', '
     '''A helper method to get a single (and hopefully the best) ZCI result.
     priority=list can be used to set the order in which fields will be checked for answers.
     Use web_fallback=True to fall back to grabbing the first web result.
-    passed to query. This method will fall back to 'Sorry, no results.' 
+    passed to query. This method will fall back to 'Sorry, no results.'
     if it cannot find anything.'''
 
     ddg = query('\\'+q, **kwargs)
@@ -150,13 +157,13 @@ def get_zci(q, web_fallback=True, priority=['answer', 'abstract', 'related.0', '
         index = int(ps[1]) if len(ps) > 1 else None
 
         result = getattr(ddg, type)
-        if index is not None: 
+        if index is not None:
             if not hasattr(result, '__getitem__'): raise TypeError('%s field is not indexable' % type)
             result = result[index] if len(result) > index else None
         if not result: continue
 
         if result.text: response = result.text
-        if result.text and hasattr(result,'url') and urls: 
+        if result.text and hasattr(result,'url') and urls:
             if result.url: response += ' (%s)' % result.url
         if response: break
 
@@ -166,7 +173,7 @@ def get_zci(q, web_fallback=True, priority=['answer', 'abstract', 'related.0', '
             response = ddg.redirect.url
 
     # final fallback
-    if not response: 
+    if not response:
         response = 'Sorry, no results.'
 
     return response
@@ -179,7 +186,7 @@ def main():
         for key in keys:
             sys.stdout.write(key)
             if type(q.json[key]) in [str,unicode,int]: print(':', q.json[key])
-            else: 
+            else:
                 sys.stdout.write('\n')
                 for i in q.json[key]: print('\t',i)
     else: