diff --git a/ox/torrent/__init__.py b/ox/torrent/__init__.py
index ce8b0de..9e96bad 100644
--- a/ox/torrent/__init__.py
+++ b/ox/torrent/__init__.py
@@ -5,15 +5,19 @@
 from threading import Event
 from hashlib import sha1
 import os
+from six import PY2
 
-from .bencode import bencode, bdecode
+if PY2:
+    from .bencode import bencode, bdecode
+else:
+    from .bencode3 import bencode, bdecode
 
 __all__ = ['create_torrent', 'get_info_hash', 'get_torrent_info', 'get_files', 'get_torrent_size']
 
 def create_torrent(file, url, params = {}, flag = Event(),
                    progress = lambda x: None, progress_percent = 1):
     "Creates a torrent for a given file, using url as tracker url"
-    from makemetafile import make_meta_file
+    from .makemetafile import make_meta_file
     return make_meta_file(file, url, params, flag, progress, progress_percent)
 
 def get_info_hash(torrentFile):
diff --git a/ox/torrent/bencode3.py b/ox/torrent/bencode3.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2a2906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ox/torrent/bencode3.py
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+##
+#
+# bencode.py python3 compatable bencode / bdecode
+#
+##
+
+def _decode_int(data):
+    """
+    decode integer from bytearray
+    return int, remaining data
+    """
+    data = data[1:]
+    end = data.index(b'e')
+    return int(data[:end],10), data[end+1:]
+
+def _decode_str(data):
+    """
+    decode string from bytearray
+    return string, remaining data
+    """
+    start = data.index(b':')
+    l = int(data[:start].decode(),10)
+    if l <= 0:
+        raise Exception('invalid string size: %d'%d)
+    start += 1
+    ret = bytes(data[start:start+l])
+    data = data[start+l:]
+    return ret, data
+
+def _decode_list(data):
+    """
+    decode list from bytearray
+    return list, remaining data
+    """
+    ls = []
+    data = data[1:]
+    while data[0] != ord(b'e'):
+        elem, data = _decode(data)
+        ls.append(elem)
+    return ls, data[1:]
+
+def _decode_dict(data):
+    """
+    decode dict from bytearray
+    return dict, remaining data
+    """
+    d = {}
+    data = data[1:]
+    while data[0] != ord(b'e'):
+        k, data = _decode_str(data)
+        v, data = _decode(data)
+        d[k.decode()] = v
+    return d, data[1:]
+
+def _decode(data):
+    """
+    decode a bytearray
+    return deserialized object, remaining data
+    """
+    ch = chr(data[0])
+    if ch == 'l':
+        return _decode_list(data)
+    elif ch == 'i':
+        return _decode_int(data)
+    elif ch == 'd':
+        return _decode_dict(data)
+    elif ch.isdigit():
+        return _decode_str(data)
+    else:
+        raise Exception('could not deserialize data: %s'%data)
+
+def bdecode(data):
+    """
+    decode a bytearray
+    return deserialized object
+    """
+    obj , data = _decode(data)
+    if len(data) > 0:
+        raise Exception('failed to deserialize, extra data: %s'%data)
+    return obj
+
+def _encode_str(s,buff):
+    """
+    encode string to a buffer
+    """
+    s = bytearray(s)
+    l = len(s)
+    buff.append(bytearray(str(l)+':','utf-8'))
+    buff.append(s)
+    
+def _encode_int(i,buff):
+    """
+    encode integer to a buffer
+    """
+    buff.append(b'i')
+    buff.append(bytearray(str(i),'ascii'))
+    buff.append(b'e')
+
+def _encode_list(l,buff):
+    """
+    encode list of elements to a buffer
+    """
+    buff.append(b'l')
+    for i in l:
+        _encode(i,buff)
+    buff.append(b'e')
+
+def _encode_dict(d,buff):
+    """
+    encode dict
+    """
+    buff.append(b'd')
+    l = list(d.keys())
+    l.sort()
+    for k in l:
+        _encode(str(k),buff)
+        _encode(d[k],buff)
+    buff.append(b'e')
+
+def _encode(obj,buff):
+    """
+    encode element obj to a buffer buff
+    """
+    if isinstance(obj,str):
+        _encode_str(bytearray(obj,'utf-8'),buff)
+    elif isinstance(obj,bytes):
+        _encode_str(bytearray(obj),buff)
+    elif isinstance(obj,bytearray):
+        _encode_str(obj,buff)
+    elif str(obj).isdigit():
+        _encode_int(obj,buff)
+    elif isinstance(obj,list):
+        _encode_list(obj,buff)
+    elif hasattr(obj,'keys') and hasattr(obj,'values'):
+        _encode_dict(obj,buff)
+    elif str(obj) in ['True','False']:
+        _encode_int(int(obj and '1' or '0'),buff)
+    else:
+        raise Exception('non serializable object: %s'%obj)
+
+
+def bencode(obj):
+    """
+    bencode element, return bytearray
+    """
+    buff = []
+    _encode(obj,buff)
+    ret =  bytearray()
+    for ba in buff:
+        ret +=  ba
+    return bytes(ret)
diff --git a/ox/torrent/btformats.py b/ox/torrent/btformats.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 825b87d..0000000
--- a/ox/torrent/btformats.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-# Written by Bram Cohen
-# see LICENSE.txt for license information
-
-from types import StringType, LongType, IntType, ListType, DictType
-from re import compile
-
-reg = compile(r'^[^/\\.~][^/\\]*$')
-
-ints = (LongType, IntType)
-
-def check_info(info):
-    if type(info) != DictType:
-        raise ValueError, 'bad metainfo - not a dictionary'
-    pieces = info.get('pieces')
-    if type(pieces) != StringType or len(pieces) % 20 != 0:
-        raise ValueError, 'bad metainfo - bad pieces key'
-    piecelength = info.get('piece length')
-    if type(piecelength) not in ints or piecelength <= 0:
-        raise ValueError, 'bad metainfo - illegal piece length'
-    name = info.get('name')
-    if type(name) != StringType:
-        raise ValueError, 'bad metainfo - bad name'
-    if not reg.match(name):
-        raise ValueError, 'name %s disallowed for security reasons' % name
-    if info.has_key('files') == info.has_key('length'):
-        raise ValueError, 'single/multiple file mix'
-    if info.has_key('length'):
-        length = info.get('length')
-        if type(length) not in ints or length < 0:
-            raise ValueError, 'bad metainfo - bad length'
-    else:
-        files = info.get('files')
-        if type(files) != ListType:
-            raise ValueError
-        for f in files:
-            if type(f) != DictType:
-                raise ValueError, 'bad metainfo - bad file value'
-            length = f.get('length')
-            if type(length) not in ints or length < 0:
-                raise ValueError, 'bad metainfo - bad length'
-            path = f.get('path')
-            if type(path) != ListType or path == []:
-                raise ValueError, 'bad metainfo - bad path'
-            for p in path:
-                if type(p) != StringType:
-                    raise ValueError, 'bad metainfo - bad path dir'
-                if not reg.match(p):
-                    raise ValueError, 'path %s disallowed for security reasons' % p
-        for i in xrange(len(files)):
-            for j in xrange(i):
-                if files[i]['path'] == files[j]['path']:
-                    raise ValueError, 'bad metainfo - duplicate path'
-
-def check_message(message):
-    if type(message) != DictType:
-        raise ValueError
-    check_info(message.get('info'))
-    if type(message.get('announce')) != StringType:
-        raise ValueError
-
-def check_peers(message):
-    if type(message) != DictType:
-        raise ValueError
-    if message.has_key('failure reason'):
-        if type(message['failure reason']) != StringType:
-            raise ValueError
-        return
-    peers = message.get('peers')
-    if type(peers) == ListType:
-        for p in peers:
-            if type(p) != DictType:
-                raise ValueError
-            if type(p.get('ip')) != StringType:
-                raise ValueError
-            port = p.get('port')
-            if type(port) not in ints or p <= 0:
-                raise ValueError
-            if p.has_key('peer id'):
-                id = p['peer id']
-                if type(id) != StringType or len(id) != 20:
-                    raise ValueError
-    elif type(peers) != StringType or len(peers) % 6 != 0:
-        raise ValueError
-    interval = message.get('interval', 1)
-    if type(interval) not in ints or interval <= 0:
-        raise ValueError
-    minint = message.get('min interval', 1)
-    if type(minint) not in ints or minint <= 0:
-        raise ValueError
-    if type(message.get('tracker id', '')) != StringType:
-        raise ValueError
-    npeers = message.get('num peers', 0)
-    if type(npeers) not in ints or npeers < 0:
-        raise ValueError
-    dpeers = message.get('done peers', 0)
-    if type(dpeers) not in ints or dpeers < 0:
-        raise ValueError
-    last = message.get('last', 0)
-    if type(last) not in ints or last < 0:
-        raise ValueError
diff --git a/ox/torrent/makemetafile.py b/ox/torrent/makemetafile.py
index cc9cce1..f4b0ca0 100644
--- a/ox/torrent/makemetafile.py
+++ b/ox/torrent/makemetafile.py
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ from os.path import getsize, split, join, abspath, isdir
 from os import listdir
 from hashlib import sha1 as sha
 from copy import copy
-from string import strip
-from bencode import bencode
-from btformats import check_info
+import re
+
+from six import PY2
+if PY2:
+    from .bencode import bencode
+else:
+    from .bencode3 import bencode
 from threading import Event
 from time import time
 from traceback import print_exc
@@ -57,14 +61,63 @@ def print_announcelist_details():
     print ('')
     print ('    httpseeds = optional list of http-seed URLs, in the format:')
     print ('            url[|url...]')
+
+reg = re.compile(r'^[^/\\.~][^/\\]*$')
+
+def is_number(value):
+    return isinstance(value, int) or isinstance(value,float)
+
+
+def check_info(info):
+    if not isinstance(info, dict):
+        raise ValueError('bad metainfo - not a dictionary')
+    pieces = info.get('pieces')
+    if not isinstance(pieces, bytes) or len(pieces) % 20 != 0:
+        raise ValueError('bad metainfo - bad pieces key')
+    piecelength = info.get('piece length')
+    if not is_number(piecelength) or piecelength <= 0:
+        raise ValueError('bad metainfo - illegal piece length')
+    name = info.get('name')
+    if not isinstance(name, bytes):
+        raise ValueError('bad metainfo - bad name')
+    if not reg.match(name.decode('utf-8')):
+        raise ValueError('name %s disallowed for security reasons' % name)
+    if ('files' in info) == ('length' in info):
+        raise ValueError('single/multiple file mix')
+    if 'length' in info:
+        length = info.get('length')
+        if not is_number(length) or length < 0:
+            raise ValueError('bad metainfo - bad length')
+    else:
+        files = info.get('files')
+        if not isinstance(files, list):
+            raise ValueError
+        for f in files:
+            if not isinstance(f, dict):
+                raise ValueError('bad metainfo - bad file value')
+            length = f.get('length')
+            if not is_number(length) or length < 0:
+                raise ValueError('bad metainfo - bad length')
+            path = f.get('path')
+            if not isinstance(path, list) or path == []:
+                raise ValueError('bad metainfo - bad path')
+            for p in path:
+                if not isinstance(p, bytes):
+                    raise ValueError('bad metainfo - bad path dir')
+                if not reg.match(p.decode('utf-8')):
+                    raise ValueError('path %s disallowed for security reasons' % p)
+        for i in range(len(files)):
+            for j in range(i):
+                if files[i]['path'] == files[j]['path']:
+                    raise ValueError('bad metainfo - duplicate path')
     
 def make_meta_file(file, url, params = {}, flag = Event(),
                    progress = lambda x: None, progress_percent = 1):
-    if params.has_key('piece_size_pow2'):
+    if 'piece_size_pow2' in params:
         piece_len_exp = params['piece_size_pow2']
     else:
         piece_len_exp = default_piece_len_exp
-    if params.has_key('target') and params['target'] != '':
+    if 'target' in params and params['target'] != '':
         f = params['target']
     else:
         a, b = split(file)
@@ -75,7 +128,7 @@ def make_meta_file(file, url, params = {}, flag = Event(),
             
     if piece_len_exp == 0:  # automatic
         size = calcsize(file)
-        if   size > 8L*1024*1024*1024:   # > 8 gig =
+        if   size > 8*1024*1024*1024:   # > 8 gig =
             piece_len_exp = 21          #   2 meg pieces
         elif size > 2*1024*1024*1024:   # > 2 gig =
             piece_len_exp = 20          #   1 meg pieces
@@ -92,7 +145,7 @@ def make_meta_file(file, url, params = {}, flag = Event(),
     piece_length = 2 ** piece_len_exp
 
     encoding = None
-    if params.has_key('filesystem_encoding'):
+    if 'filesystem_encoding' in params:
         encoding = params['filesystem_encoding']
     if not encoding:
         encoding = ENCODING
@@ -104,28 +157,28 @@ def make_meta_file(file, url, params = {}, flag = Event(),
         return
     check_info(info)
     h = open(f, 'wb')
-    data = {'info': info, 'announce': strip(url), 'creation date': long(time())}
+    data = {'info': info, 'announce': url.strip(), 'creation date': int(time())}
     
-    if params.has_key('comment') and params['comment']:
+    if 'comment' in params and params['comment']:
         data['comment'] = params['comment']
         
-    if params.has_key('real_announce_list'):    # shortcut for progs calling in from outside
+    if 'real_announce_list' in params:    # shortcut for progs calling in from outside
         data['announce-list'] = params['real_announce_list']
-    elif params.has_key('announce_list') and params['announce_list']:
+    elif 'announce_list' in params and params['announce_list']:
         l = []
         for tier in params['announce_list'].split('|'):
             l.append(tier.split(','))
         data['announce-list'] = l
         
-    if params.has_key('real_httpseeds'):    # shortcut for progs calling in from outside
+    if 'real_httpseeds' in params:    # shortcut for progs calling in from outside
         data['httpseeds'] = params['real_httpseeds']
-    elif params.has_key('httpseeds') and params['httpseeds']:
+    elif 'httpseeds' in params and params['httpseeds']:
         data['httpseeds'] = params['httpseeds'].split('|')
 
-    if params.has_key('url-list') and params['url-list']:
+    if 'url-list' in params and params['url-list']:
         data['url-list'] = params['url-list'].split('|')
 
-    if params.has_key('playtime') and params['playtime']:
+    if 'playtime' in params and params['playtime']:
         data['info']['playtime'] = params['playtime']
 
     h.write(bencode(data))
@@ -134,7 +187,7 @@ def make_meta_file(file, url, params = {}, flag = Event(),
 def calcsize(file):
     if not isdir(file):
         return getsize(file)
-    total = 0L
+    total = 0
     for s in subfiles(abspath(file)):
         total += getsize(s[1])
     return total
@@ -151,8 +204,8 @@ def uniconvertl(l, e):
 
 def uniconvert(s, e):
     try:
-        if s.__class__.__name__ != 'unicode':
-            s = unicode(s,e)
+        if isinstance(s, bytes):
+            s = s.decode(e)
     except UnicodeError:
         raise UnicodeError('bad filename: '+s)
     return s.encode('utf-8')
@@ -164,15 +217,15 @@ def makeinfo(file, piece_length, encoding, flag, progress, progress_percent=1):
         subs.sort()
         pieces = []
         sh = sha()
-        done = 0L
+        done = 0
         fs = []
         totalsize = 0.0
-        totalhashed = 0L
+        totalhashed = 0
         for p, f in subs:
             totalsize += getsize(f)
 
         for p, f in subs:
-            pos = 0L
+            pos = 0
             size = getsize(f)
             fs.append({'length': size, 'path': uniconvertl(p, encoding)})
             h = open(f, 'rb')
@@ -196,13 +249,13 @@ def makeinfo(file, piece_length, encoding, flag, progress, progress_percent=1):
             h.close()
         if done > 0:
             pieces.append(sh.digest())
-        return {'pieces': ''.join(pieces),
+        return {'pieces': b''.join(pieces),
             'piece length': piece_length, 'files': fs, 
             'name': uniconvert(split(file)[1], encoding) }
     else:
         size = getsize(file)
         pieces = []
-        p = 0L
+        p = 0
         h = open(file, 'rb')
         while p < size:
             x = h.read(min(piece_length, size - p))
@@ -217,7 +270,7 @@ def makeinfo(file, piece_length, encoding, flag, progress, progress_percent=1):
             else:
                 progress(min(piece_length, size - p))
         h.close()
-        return {'pieces': ''.join(pieces), 
+        return {'pieces': b''.join(pieces), 
             'piece length': piece_length, 'length': size, 
             'name': uniconvert(split(file)[1], encoding) }
 
@@ -240,7 +293,7 @@ def completedir(dir, url, params = {}, flag = Event(),
     files = listdir(dir)
     files.sort()
     ext = '.torrent'
-    if params.has_key('target'):
+    if 'target' in params:
         target = params['target']
     else:
         target = ''