diff --git a/pyreadline/get_doc.py b/pyreadline/get_doc.py
index 515fbe7..e6af010 100644
--- a/pyreadline/get_doc.py
+++ b/pyreadline/get_doc.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals, absolute_import
 import sys, textwrap
+from .py3k_compat import callable
 
-rlmain = sys.modules["pyreadline.rlmain"]
+rlmain = sys.modules["readline"]
 rl = rlmain.rl
 
 def get_doc(rl):
diff --git a/pyreadline/logserver.py b/pyreadline/logserver.py
index e9813d3..06088c9 100644
--- a/pyreadline/logserver.py
+++ b/pyreadline/logserver.py
@@ -6,17 +6,16 @@
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #*****************************************************************************
 from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals, absolute_import
-import cPickle
+
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
-import SocketServer
 import struct, socket
-
+from .unicode_helper import ensure_unicode
 try:
     import msvcrt
 except ImportError:
     msvcrt = None
-    print "problem"
+    print("problem")
 
 
 port = logging.handlers.DEFAULT_TCP_LOGGING_PORT
@@ -26,8 +25,8 @@ def check_key():
     if msvcrt is None:
         return False
     else:
-        if msvcrt.kbhit() != 0:
-            q = msvcrt.getch()
+        if msvcrt.kbhit():
+            q = ensure_unicode(msvcrt.getch())
             return q
     return ""
 
@@ -35,9 +34,9 @@ def check_key():
 singleline=False
 
 def main():
-    print "Starting TCP logserver on port:", port
-    print "Press q to quit logserver", port
-    print "Press c to clear screen", port
+    print("Starting TCP logserver on port:", port)
+    print("Press q to quit logserver", port)
+    print("Press c to clear screen", port)
     s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
 
     s.bind(("", port))
@@ -45,14 +44,14 @@ def main():
     while 1:
         try:
             data, addr = s.recvfrom(100000)
-            print data,
+            print(data, end="")
         except socket.timeout:
             key = check_key().lower()
             if "q" == key:
-                print "Quitting logserver"
+                print("Quitting logserver")
                 break
             elif "c" == key:
-                print "\n" * 100            
+                print("\n" * 100)  
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyreadline/py3k_compat.py b/pyreadline/py3k_compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94afeba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyreadline/py3k_compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals, absolute_import
+import sys
+
+if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+    import collections
+    PY3 = True
+    def callable(x):
+        return isinstance(x, collections.Callable)
+    
+    def execfile(fname, glob, loc=None):
+        loc = loc if (loc is not None) else glob
+        exec(compile(open(fname).read(), fname, 'exec'), glob, loc)
+
+    unicode = str
+    bytes = bytes
+
+else:
+    PY3 = False
+    callable = callable
+    execfile = execfile
+    bytes = str
+    unicode = unicode
diff --git a/pyreadline/rlmain.py b/pyreadline/rlmain.py
index 403a105..60b9849 100644
--- a/pyreadline/rlmain.py
+++ b/pyreadline/rlmain.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import sys,os,re,time
 from glob import glob
 
 from . import release
+from .py3k_compat import callable, execfile
 
 import pyreadline.lineeditor.lineobj as lineobj
 import pyreadline.lineeditor.history as history
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ class BaseReadline(object):
         if os.path.isfile(inputrcpath): 
             try:
                 execfile(inputrcpath, loc, loc)
-            except Exception,x:
+            except Exception as x:
                 raise
                 import traceback
                 print("Error reading .pyinputrc", file=sys.stderr)
diff --git a/pyreadline/unicode_helper.py b/pyreadline/unicode_helper.py
index edf74f1..124c05c 100644
--- a/pyreadline/unicode_helper.py
+++ b/pyreadline/unicode_helper.py
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 #  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
 #  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
 #*****************************************************************************
-from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals, absolute_import
 import sys
 
+from .py3k_compat import unicode, bytes
+
 try:
     pyreadline_codepage = sys.stdout.encoding
 except AttributeError:        
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ def ensure_unicode(text):
             return text.decode("ascii", "replace")
     return text
 
+
 def ensure_str(text):
     """Convert unicode to str using pyreadline_codepage"""
     if isinstance(text, unicode):