diff --git a/django_remote_forms/__init__.py b/django_remote_forms/__init__.py
index 5fe3591..c301c00 100644
--- a/django_remote_forms/__init__.py
+++ b/django_remote_forms/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 __author__ = 'Carlo Costino, Tareque Hossain'
-__version__ = (0, 0, 1)
+__version__ = (0, 0, 2)
 
 import logging
 
diff --git a/django_remote_forms/fields.py b/django_remote_forms/fields.py
index 4e0d33a..b51b5a3 100644
--- a/django_remote_forms/fields.py
+++ b/django_remote_forms/fields.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def as_dict(self):
         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:
+        except Exception as e:
             logger.warning('Error serializing %s: %s', remote_widget_class_name, str(e))
             widget_dict = {}
         else:
diff --git a/django_remote_forms/forms.py b/django_remote_forms/forms.py
index 26b38fb..ee736dd 100644
--- a/django_remote_forms/forms.py
+++ b/django_remote_forms/forms.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def as_dict(self):
             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..065af7e 100644
--- a/django_remote_forms/utils.py
+++ b/django_remote_forms/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 from django.utils.functional import Promise
-from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
+
+try:
+    from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode  # Django in Python 2
+except ImportError:
+    from django.utils.encoding import force_text as force_unicode  # Django in Python 3
 
 
 def resolve_promise(o):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fa1d0e4..b2c77cd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='django-remote-forms',
-    version='0.0.1',
+    version='0.0.2',
     description='A platform independent form serializer for Django.',
     author='WiserTogether Tech Team',
     author_email='tech@wisertogether.com',