diff --git a/warden_server/warden_server.py b/warden_server/warden_server.py
index bbf4ff9efd6c020f6ef5e76d857dacc2503ebb20..006b84bbb9cd5a194ba03a95fb065ef560860626 100755
--- a/warden_server/warden_server.py
+++ b/warden_server/warden_server.py
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ class MySQL(DataBase):
             self, req, log, host, user, password, dbname, port, retry_count,
             retry_pause, event_size_limit, catmap_filename, tagmap_filename):
 
-        super().__init__(req, log, host, user, password, dbname, port, retry_count,
+        super(DataBase, self).__init__(req, log, host, user, password, dbname, port, retry_count,
             retry_pause, event_size_limit, catmap_filename, tagmap_filename)
 
         import MySQLdb as db
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ class PostgreSQL(DataBase):
             self, req, log, host, user, password, dbname, port, retry_count,
             retry_pause, event_size_limit, catmap_filename, tagmap_filename):
 
-        super().__init__(req, log, host, user, password, dbname, port, retry_count,
+        super(DataBase, self).__init__(req, log, host, user, password, dbname, port, retry_count,
             retry_pause, event_size_limit, catmap_filename, tagmap_filename)
 
         import psycopg2 as db