diff --git a/debian/debian_config.py b/debian/debian_config.py
index 64b6ced..c04b78c 100644
--- a/debian/debian_config.py
+++ b/debian/debian_config.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME = 'scrutiny'
 DEBUG = False
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = False
 
-SECRET_KEY = file('/etc/%s/secret' % PROJECT_NAME).read()
+SECRET_KEY = open('/etc/%s/secret' % PROJECT_NAME).read()
 
 ADMINS = (
         ('Tous', 'root@localhost'),
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ DATABASES = {
 #
 # local settings
 #
-execfile(os.path.join(ETC_DIR, 'settings.py'))
+exec(open(os.path.join(ETC_DIR, 'settings.py')).read())
diff --git a/scrutiny/settings.py b/scrutiny/settings.py
index 6466b85..7b0bd17 100644
--- a/scrutiny/settings.py
+++ b/scrutiny/settings.py
@@ -148,4 +148,4 @@ REDMINE_API_KEY = None
 local_settings_file = os.environ.get('SCRUTINY_SETTINGS_FILE',
         os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'local_settings.py'))
 if os.path.exists(local_settings_file):
-    execfile(local_settings_file)
+    exec(open(local_settings_file).read())