diff --git a/fcp2srt.py b/fcp2srt.py
index c29b2c9..9d49f70 100755
--- a/fcp2srt.py
+++ b/fcp2srt.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 from __future__ import division
 
 import lxml
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ for g in tree.xpath('//generatoritem'):
         'in': _start/fps, 'out': (_end-1)/fps, 'value': value
     })
 
-with open(target, 'w') as f:
+with open(target, 'wb') as f:
     f.write(ox.srt.encode(data))