diff --git a/pinry/core/api.py b/pinry/core/api.py
index eea8d49..77034be 100644
--- a/pinry/core/api.py
+++ b/pinry/core/api.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ class PinryAuthorization(DjangoAuthorization):
         if klass is False:
             raise Unauthorized("You are not allowed to access that resource.")
 
-        print dir(klass._meta)
         permission = '%s.delete_%s' % (klass._meta.app_label, klass._meta.model_name)
 
         if not bundle.request.user.has_perm(permission, bundle.obj):
diff --git a/pinry/core/models.py b/pinry/core/models.py
index 834b7c4..f673af5 100644
--- a/pinry/core/models.py
+++ b/pinry/core/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import requests
-from cStringIO import StringIO
+
+try:
+    from cStringIO import StringIO
+except ImportError:  # Python 3 support
+    from io import StringIO
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.files.uploadedfile import InMemoryUploadedFile
diff --git a/pinry/users/models.py b/pinry/users/models.py
index 0ae46c7..cc52fa2 100644
--- a/pinry/users/models.py
+++ b/pinry/users/models.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User as BaseUser
 class User(BaseUser):
     @property
     def gravatar(self):
-        return hashlib.md5(self.email).hexdigest()
+        return hashlib.md5(self.email.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
 
     class Meta:
-        proxy = True
\ No newline at end of file
+        proxy = True