diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e6dbeb..bb2d902 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Install
 
  To install the latest release on Linux run:
 
- curl https://git.0x2620.org/openmedialibrary.git/HEAD:/install | python2
+ curl https://git.0x2620.org/openmedialibrary.git/HEAD:/install | python3
 
  on Mac OS X download this:
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ To update to latest version:
 
     ./ctl update
 
-On Linux you need a working python2 installation with pillow, pyhon-lxml and poppler-utils:
+On Linux you need a working python3 installation with pillow, pyhon-lxml and poppler-utils:
 
     apt-get install python3.4 python3-pil python3-lxml poppler-utils
 
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ Platform
 ----------
 
 If you install Open Media Library on a architecture/os that is currently
-not upported, you need a working python 2.7 installation and the dependencies
+not upported, you need a working python 3.4 installation and the dependencies
 listed in requirements.txt and requirements-shared.txt:
 
-    pip install -r requirements.txt
-    pip install -r requirements-shared.txt
+    pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+    pip3 install -r requirements-shared.txt
 
diff --git a/install b/install
index b04023e..6b012d6 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 from __future__ import division, with_statement, print_function
 
 from contextlib import closing
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ class Install(Thread):
                 import simplejson
                 import lxml
             except:
-                apt_packages += ' python2.7 python-imaging  python-simplejson python-lxml'
-                yum_packages += ' python-imaging python-simplejson python-lxml'
+                apt_packages += ' python3.4 python3-pil  python-simplejson python3-lxml'
+                yum_packages += ' python3-imaging python3-simplejson python3-lxml'
             if not has_bin('pdftocairo'):
                 apt_packages += ' poppler-utils'
                 yum_packages += ' poppler-utils'
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Install(Thread):
             elif has_bin('yum') and yum_packages:
                 os.system('sudo yum install ' + yum_packages)
             else:
-                print('You need to install PIL and simplejson\ni.e. sudo pip install --allow-external PIL --allow-unverified PIL PIL simplejson lxml')
+                print('You need to install Pillow, simplejson and lxml\ni.e. sudo pip3 install pillow simplejson lxml')
                 if 'poppler' in apt_packages:
                     print('You need to install pdftocairo (part of poppler-utils)')
                 if 'miredo' in apt_packages: