diff --git a/django_remote_forms/fields.py b/django_remote_forms/fields.py
index 4e0d33a..42be1b3 100644
--- a/django_remote_forms/fields.py
+++ b/django_remote_forms/fields.py
@@ -32,22 +32,6 @@ def as_dict(self):
         field_dict['initial'] = self.form_initial_data or self.field.initial
         field_dict['help_text'] = self.field.help_text
 
-        field_dict['error_messages'] = self.field.error_messages
-
-        # Instantiate the Remote Forms equivalent of the widget if possible
-        # in order to retrieve the widget contents as a dictionary.
-        remote_widget_class_name = 'Remote%s' % self.field.widget.__class__.__name__
-        try:
-            remote_widget_class = getattr(widgets, remote_widget_class_name)
-            remote_widget = remote_widget_class(self.field.widget, field_name=self.field_name)
-        except Exception, e:
-            logger.warning('Error serializing %s: %s', remote_widget_class_name, str(e))
-            widget_dict = {}
-        else:
-            widget_dict = remote_widget.as_dict()
-
-        field_dict['widget'] = widget_dict
-
         return field_dict
 
 
diff --git a/django_remote_forms/forms.py b/django_remote_forms/forms.py
index 26b38fb..2353e2d 100644
--- a/django_remote_forms/forms.py
+++ b/django_remote_forms/forms.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from django import forms
 
 from django_remote_forms import fields, logger
 from django_remote_forms.utils import resolve_promise
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ def __init__(self, form, *args, **kwargs):
                 'Readonly fields %s are not present in form fields' % (set(self.ordered_fields) - self.all_fields))
             self.ordered_fields = []
 
-        if self.included_fields | self.excluded_fields:
+        if self.included_fields & self.excluded_fields:
             logger.warning(
                 'Included and excluded fields have following fields %s in common' % (
                     set(self.ordered_fields) - self.all_fields
@@ -134,11 +135,20 @@ def as_dict(self):
 
             # Instantiate the Remote Forms equivalent of the field if possible
             # in order to retrieve the field contents as a dictionary.
-            remote_field_class_name = 'Remote%s' % field.__class__.__name__
+            # remote_field_class_name = 'Remote%s' % field.__class__.__name__
+            remote_field_class_name = 'RemoteField'
+            if issubclass(field.__class__, forms.DateField):
+                remote_field_class_name = 'Remote{}'.format('DateField')
+            elif issubclass(field.__class__, forms.TimeField):
+                remote_field_class_name = 'Remote{}'.format('TimeField')
+            elif issubclass(field.__class__, forms.DateTimeField):
+                remote_field_class_name = 'Remote{}'.format('DateTimeField')
+            elif issubclass(field.__class__, forms.ChoiceField):
+                remote_field_class_name = 'Remote{}'.format('ChoiceField')
             try:
                 remote_field_class = getattr(fields, remote_field_class_name)
                 remote_field = remote_field_class(field, form_initial_field_data, field_name=name)
-            except Exception, e:
+            except Exception as e:
                 logger.warning('Error serializing field %s: %s', remote_field_class_name, str(e))
                 field_dict = {}
             else:
diff --git a/django_remote_forms/utils.py b/django_remote_forms/utils.py
index 0391fa0..cc47c2a 100644
--- a/django_remote_forms/utils.py
+++ b/django_remote_forms/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.utils.functional import Promise
-from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 
 
 def resolve_promise(o):
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def resolve_promise(o):
         o = [resolve_promise(x) for x in o]
     elif isinstance(o, Promise):
         try:
-            o = force_unicode(o)
+            o = force_text(o)
         except:
             # Item could be a lazy tuple or list
             try: