diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8253988..fbe138f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ X-Python-Version: >= 2.7
 Package: python-scrutiny
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends},
-    python-django (>= 1.7),
+    python-django (>= 1.8),
     python-gadjo
 Recommends: python-django-mellon
 Description: Tracker of installed modules
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5f88e96..32dde67 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-django >= 1.7, < 1.8
+django >= 1.7, < 1.9
 gadjo
 requests
diff --git a/scrutiny/projects/management/commands/scrutinise.py b/scrutiny/projects/management/commands/scrutinise.py
index 7e4cb67..aa99e76 100644
--- a/scrutiny/projects/management/commands/scrutinise.py
+++ b/scrutiny/projects/management/commands/scrutinise.py
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             if not service.url.endswith('/'):
                 service.url = '%s/' % service.url
             if self.verbose:
-                print 'Checking', service.url
+                print('Checking %s' % service.url)
             try:
                 response = requests.get('%s__version__' % service.url,
                             timeout=5, verify=False)
                 response.raise_for_status()
             except requests.RequestException as e:
-                print 'Error with', service.url, e
+                print('Error with %s (%r)' % (service.url, e))
                 continue
 
             versions = response.json()
diff --git a/scrutiny/projects/models.py b/scrutiny/projects/models.py
index 03b61bd..0605809 100644
--- a/scrutiny/projects/models.py
+++ b/scrutiny/projects/models.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Service(models.Model):
                     uninstalled_modules.append(installed_version.version.module)
                     continue
                 modules[installed_version.version.module.name] = installed_version.version.module
-        return sorted(modules.values(), lambda x, y: cmp(x.name, y.name))
+        return sorted(modules.values(), key=lambda x: x.name)
 
     def get_installed_service(self, platform):
         try:
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class Module(models.Model):
         p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, **kws)
         stdout = p.communicate()[0]
         p.wait()
-        return stdout
+        return stdout.decode('utf-8')
 
     def get_all_installed_versions(self):
         versions = set()
diff --git a/scrutiny/projects/views.py b/scrutiny/projects/views.py
index ab23642..e621ea6 100644
--- a/scrutiny/projects/views.py
+++ b/scrutiny/projects/views.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class ModuleIssuesView(TemplateView):
                     issue = issues[int(issue.id)]
                 issue.add_commit(commit)
 
-        issues_list = issues.items()
+        issues_list = list(issues.items())
         issues_list.sort()
         context['issues'] = [x[1] for x in issues_list]
 
@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ class ProjectSummaryHistoryView(DetailView):
                 'name': installed.version.module.name,
                 'current_version': installed.version.version,
             }
-        versions_sorted_by_day = versions_and_day.values()
+        versions_sorted_by_day = list(versions_and_day.values())
         versions_sorted_by_day.sort(key=lambda x: x.get('day'))
 
         previous_versions = {}
         for version_and_day in versions_sorted_by_day:
-            for module_name, module_versions in version_and_day['modules'].items():
+            for module_name, module_versions in list(version_and_day['modules'].items()):
                 if module_name in previous_versions:
                     module_versions['previous_version'] = previous_versions[module_name]
                     if module_versions['previous_version'] == module_versions['current_version']:
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class IssuesSnippet(TemplateView):
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
         context = super(IssuesSnippet, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
 
-        modules = json.loads(self.request.read())
+        modules = json.loads(self.request.read().decode('utf-8'))
 
         issues = {}
         for module_info in modules.values():
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class IssuesSnippet(TemplateView):
                         issues[int(issue.id)].modules = {}
                     issues[int(issue.id)].modules[module_info['name']] = True
 
-        context['issues'] = issues.values()
+        context['issues'] = list(issues.values())
         context['issues'].sort(key=lambda x: x.closed_on)
         context['issues'].reverse() # most recent on top
         return context
diff --git a/scrutiny/settings.py b/scrutiny/settings.py
index 2181734..2174964 100644
--- a/scrutiny/settings.py
+++ b/scrutiny/settings.py
@@ -100,4 +100,4 @@ 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())
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8048fcc..98da4a8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ setup(name='scrutiny',
         scripts=['manage.py'],
         include_package_data = True,
         install_requires=[
-            'django >= 1.7, < 1.8',
+            'django >= 1.7, < 1.9',
             'requests',
             'gadjo',
         ],