diff --git a/addon.xml b/addon.xml
index 4aaed8e..d5e07d6 100644
--- a/addon.xml
+++ b/addon.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	<!-- jarvis -->
     <import addon="xbmc.python" version="2.26.0"/>
     <import addon="script.module.kodi-six" version="0.1.0"/>
+    <import addon="script.module.future" version="0.16.0.4"/>
     <import addon="script.module.httplib2" version="0.8.0" />
     <import addon="script.module.oauth2client" version="4.1.2" />
     <import addon="script.module.uritemplate" version="0.6" />
diff --git a/default.py b/default.py
index 9062a64..42f07ae 100644
--- a/default.py
+++ b/default.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import sys, urlparse
+import sys
+from future.moves.urllib.request import urlparse
 from kodi_six import xbmc, xbmcgui
 import resources.lib.utils as utils
 from resources.lib.backup import XbmcBackup
diff --git a/launcher.py b/launcher.py
index 6868fb8..5232b51 100644
--- a/launcher.py
+++ b/launcher.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sys
-import urlparse
+from future.moves.urllib.request import urlparse
 from kodi_six import xbmc, xbmcgui, xbmcvfs
 import resources.lib.utils as utils
 from resources.lib.authorizers import DropboxAuthorizer,GoogleDriveAuthorizer
diff --git a/resources/lib/tinyurl.py b/resources/lib/tinyurl.py
index 35e6c92..af5ca82 100644
--- a/resources/lib/tinyurl.py
+++ b/resources/lib/tinyurl.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import urllib2
+from future.moves.urllib.request import urlopen
 
 #this is duplicated in snipppets of code from all over the web, credit to no one
 #in particular - to all those that have gone before me!
 def shorten(aUrl):
     tinyurl = 'http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url='
-    req = urllib2.urlopen(tinyurl + aUrl)
+    req = urlopen(tinyurl + aUrl)
     data = req.read()
 
     #should be a tiny url