diff --git a/catalyst/curate/poloniex.py b/catalyst/curate/poloniex.py
index 572cd777..2e51e4fb 100644
--- a/catalyst/curate/poloniex.py
+++ b/catalyst/curate/poloniex.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class PoloniexCurator(object):
                     start = str(newstart),
                     end = str(end)
                 )
-        print url
+        print(url)
 
         attempts = 0
         success = 0
diff --git a/catalyst/exchange/poloniex/poloniex_api.py b/catalyst/exchange/poloniex/poloniex_api.py
index 894ba08b..ce0831bc 100644
--- a/catalyst/exchange/poloniex/poloniex_api.py
+++ b/catalyst/exchange/poloniex/poloniex_api.py
@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@ class Poloniex_api(object):
             data=post_data,
             headers=headers,
         )
-        return json.loads(
-            urlopen(req, context=ssl._create_unverified_context()).read())
+        resource = urlopen(req, context=ssl._create_unverified_context())
+        content =  resource.read().decode('utf-8')
+        return json.loads(content)
 
     def returnticker(self):
         return self.query('returnTicker', {})
diff --git a/tests/exchange/test_server_bundle.py b/tests/exchange/test_server_bundle.py
index 50dd98d7..42b2d3f3 100644
--- a/tests/exchange/test_server_bundle.py
+++ b/tests/exchange/test_server_bundle.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ValidateChunks(object):
         if data_frequency == 'daily':
             end = end - pd.Timedelta(hours=23, minutes=59)
 
-        print start, end, data_frequency
+        print(start, end, data_frequency)
 
         arrays = reader.load_raw_arrays(self.columns, start, end,
                                         [asset.sid, ])