diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 25eb0f4..bdca644 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ script:
   - coverage run --branch --source=dbtemplates `which django-admin.py` test dbtemplates
   - coverage report --omit="dbtemplates/test*,dbtemplates/migrations*"
 env:
-  - DJANGO=1.3.7
   - DJANGO=1.4.5
   - DJANGO=1.5.1
   - DJANGO=1.7.8
diff --git a/dbtemplates/conf.py b/dbtemplates/conf.py
index 2a420a3..4abb258 100644
--- a/dbtemplates/conf.py
+++ b/dbtemplates/conf.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import posixpath
 
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils.six import string_types
 
 from appconf import AppConf
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ class DbTemplatesConf(AppConf):
                 return "dbtemplates"
             else:
                 return "default"
-        if isinstance(value, basestring) and value.startswith("dbtemplates."):
+        if isinstance(value, string_types) and value.startswith("dbtemplates."):
             raise ImproperlyConfigured("Please upgrade to one of the "
                                        "supported backends as defined "
                                        "in the Django docs.")
diff --git a/dbtemplates/management/commands/sync_templates.py b/dbtemplates/management/commands/sync_templates.py
index a25b4b0..3529e82 100644
--- a/dbtemplates/management/commands/sync_templates.py
+++ b/dbtemplates/management/commands/sync_templates.py
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ from optparse import make_option
 from django import VERSION
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.core.management.base import CommandError, NoArgsCommand
+try:
+    from django.utils.six import input as raw_input
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 
 from dbtemplates.conf import settings
 from dbtemplates.models import Template
diff --git a/dbtemplates/utils/template.py b/dbtemplates/utils/template.py
index 526fcb7..c7b224a 100644
--- a/dbtemplates/utils/template.py
+++ b/dbtemplates/utils/template.py
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ def get_template_source(name):
 def check_template_syntax(template):
     try:
         Template(template.content)
-    except TemplateSyntaxError, e:
+    except TemplateSyntaxError as e:
         return (False, e)
     return (True, None)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 778878f..fdd5aa3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 
 def read(*parts):
-    return codecs.open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *parts)).read()
+    filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *parts)
+    with codecs.open(filename, encoding='utf-8') as fp:
+        return fp.read()
 
 
 def find_version(*file_paths):