diff --git a/pandora_client/__init__.py b/pandora_client/__init__.py
index 4293af6..cad8a3c 100755
--- a/pandora_client/__init__.py
+++ b/pandora_client/__init__.py
@@ -552,19 +552,19 @@ class Client(object):
                 example = example_path(self)
                 print('Files need to be in a folder structure like this:\n%s\n' % example)
                 print('The following files do not fit into the folder structure and will not be synced:')
-                print('\t' + '\n\t'.join([f[len(path):].encode('utf-8') for f in unknown]))
+                print('\t' + '\n\t'.join([f[len(path):] for f in unknown]))
                 print('')
 
             if unsupported:
                 files = sorted(set(files) - set(unsupported))
                 print('The following files are in an unsupported format and will not be synced:')
-                print('\t' + '\n\t'.join([f[len(path):].encode('utf-8') for f in unsupported]))
+                print('\t' + '\n\t'.join([f[len(path):] for f in unsupported]))
                 print('')
             '''
             '''
 
-            deleted_files = filter(lambda f: f not in files, known_files)
-            new_files = filter(lambda f: f not in known_files, files)
+            deleted_files = list(filter(lambda f: f not in files, known_files))
+            new_files = list(filter(lambda f: f not in known_files, files))
             conn, c = self._conn()
             if deleted_files:
                 deleted = time.mktime(time.localtime())
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ class API(ox.API):
         if os.path.exists(i['media']):
             size = ox.format_bytes(os.path.getsize(i['media']))
             name = os.path.basename(filename)
-            print((u"uploading %s of %s (%s)" % (profile, name, size)).encode('utf-8'))
+            print(u"uploading %s of %s (%s)" % (profile, name, size))
             url = self.url + 'upload/?profile=%s&id=%s' % (profile, i['oshash'])
             if not self.upload_chunks(url, i['media'], data):
                 if DEBUG:
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ class API(ox.API):
             if uploadUrl.startswith('/'):
                 u = urlparse(url)
                 uploadUrl = '%s://%s%s' % (u.scheme, u.netloc, uploadUrl)
-            f = open(filename)
+            f = open(filename, 'rb')
             fsize = os.stat(filename).st_size
             done = 0
             start = time.mktime(time.localtime())