diff --git a/warden3/warden_client/warden_client.py b/warden3/warden_client/warden_client.py
index c4d93c6efb522d9cc5ff3302231bc33562083930..da08778d5a74b86f769fc6f8dbac24986d42ba7f 100644
--- a/warden3/warden_client/warden_client.py
+++ b/warden3/warden_client/warden_client.py
@@ -5,17 +5,25 @@
 # Use of this source is governed by a 3-clause BSD-style license, see LICENSE file.
 
 import hashlib  # Some Python/ssl versions incorrectly initialize hashes, this helps
-import json, httplib, ssl, socket, logging, logging.handlers, time
-from urlparse import urlparse
-from urllib import urlencode
-from sys import stderr, exc_info
+from sys import stderr, exc_info, version_info
+import json, ssl, socket, logging, logging.handlers, time
 from traceback import format_tb
 from os import path
 from operator import itemgetter
-from sys import version_info
 
 fix_logging_filename = str if version_info<(2, 7) else lambda x: x
 
+if version_info > (3, 0):
+    import http.client as httplib
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode
+    basestring = str
+else:
+    import httplib
+    from urlparse import urlparse
+    from urllib import urlencode
+
+
 
 VERSION = "3.0-beta2"
 
@@ -142,6 +150,8 @@ class Error(Exception):
         """ In list or iterable context we're empty """
         raise StopIteration
 
+    __next__ = next
+
 
     def __bool__(self):
         """ In boolean context we're never True """
@@ -434,13 +444,13 @@ class Client(object):
 
         if res.status==httplib.OK:
             try:
-                data = json.loads(response_data)
+                data = json.loads(response_data.decode("utf-8"))
             except:
                 data = Error(method=func, message="JSON message parsing failed",
                     exc=exc_info(), response=response_data)
         else:
             try:
-                data = json.loads(response_data)
+                data = json.loads(response_data.decode("utf-8"))
                 data["errors"]   # trigger exception if not dict or no error key
             except:
                 data = Error(method=func, message="Generic server HTTP error",
diff --git a/warden3/warden_client/warden_client_examples.py b/warden3/warden_client/warden_client_examples.py
index 840509e165a40fbc3f5fc0cb7789dca160f021f2..4f8a4b7d87ad4a1eae6f5ab0f962569eba05dfc1 100755
--- a/warden3/warden_client/warden_client_examples.py
+++ b/warden3/warden_client/warden_client_examples.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def gen_random_idea(client_name="cz.example.warden.test"):
              "Size": 46,
              "Ref": ["cve:CVE-%s-%s" % (randstr(string.digits, 4), randstr())],
              "ContentEncoding": "base64",
-             "Content": b64encode(randstr(maxlen=128*1024))
+             "Content": b64encode(randstr().encode('ascii')).decode("ascii")
           }
        ],
        "Node": [
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ def main():
     group = []
     nogroup = []
 
-    ret = wclient.getEvents(count=0, id=0, cat=cat, nocat=nocat, tag=tag, notag=notag, group=group, nogroup=nogroup)
     ret = wclient.getEvents(count=10, cat=cat, nocat=nocat, tag=tag, notag=notag, group=group, nogroup=nogroup)
     print("Time: %f" % (time()-start))
     print("Got %i events" % len(ret))