diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfichu.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfichu.py
index 293077a3..b095402c 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfichu.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_fanfichu.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 import re
 # py2 vs py3 transition
 from ..six import text_type as unicode
+from ..six import ensure_binary
 from ..six.moves.urllib import parse as urlparse
 from ..six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
 
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ class FanficHuAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
     def extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self):
         soup = self._customized_fetch_url(self.url + '&i=1')
 
-        if soup.title.string.encode(_SOURCE_CODE_ENCODING).strip(' :') == 'írta':
+        if soup.title.string.encode(_SOURCE_CODE_ENCODING).strip(b' :') == 'írta':
             raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
 
         chapter_options = soup.find('form', action='viewstory.php').select('option')
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ class FanficHuAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
 
             while index < len(cells):
                 cell = cells[index]
-                key = cell.b.string.encode(_SOURCE_CODE_ENCODING).strip(':')
+                key = cell.b.string.encode(_SOURCE_CODE_ENCODING).strip(b':')
                 try:
                     value = cells[index+1].string.encode(_SOURCE_CODE_ENCODING)
                 except AttributeError:
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_literotica.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_literotica.py
index 0422ae75..e0ea5e3a 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_literotica.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_literotica.py
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ class LiteroticaSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
             chapter_description = '<p><b>Description:</b> %s</p><hr />' % chapter_description
         fullhtml += self.getPageText(raw_page, url)
         if pages:
-            for page_no in xrange(2, len(page_nums) + 1):
+            for page_no in range(2, len(page_nums) + 1):
                 page_url = url +  "?page=%s" % page_no
                 logger.debug("page_url= %s" % page_url)
                 raw_page = self._fetchUrl(page_url)
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_masseffect2in.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_masseffect2in.py
index 3de5f4e7..99ae3f87 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_masseffect2in.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_masseffect2in.py
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@ import bs4
 import datetime
 import logging
 import re
+from itertools import takewhile
+
 from ..htmlcleanup import removeEntities, stripHTML
 from .. import exceptions as exceptions
 # py2 vs py3 transition
 from ..six import text_type as unicode
 from ..six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
+from ..six.moves import zip as izip
 
 from .base_adapter import BaseSiteAdapter, makeDate
 
@@ -703,7 +706,6 @@ def _getLargestCommonPrefix(*args):
     """Returns largest common prefix of all unicode arguments, ignoring case.
     :rtype : unicode
     """
-    from itertools import takewhile, izip
     toLower = lambda xs: map(lambda x: x.lower(), xs)
     allSame = lambda xs: len(set(toLower(xs))) == 1
     return u''.join([i[0] for i in takewhile(allSame, izip(*args))])
diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_test1.py b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_test1.py
index 5e25f864..2a253ae0 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_test1.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/adapter_test1.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 from .. import exceptions
 
+# py2 vs py3 transition
+from ..six import ensure_text
+
 from .base_adapter import BaseSiteAdapter,  makeDate
 
 class TestSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
@@ -68,13 +71,13 @@ class TestSiteAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                     #print("addList:%s"%(nkey))
                     for val in self.get_config_list(sections,key):
                         #print("addList:%s->%s"%(nkey,val))
-                        self.story.addToList(nkey,val.decode('utf-8').replace('{{storyId}}',idstr))
+                        self.story.addToList(nkey,ensure_text(val).replace('{{storyId}}',idstr))
                 else:
                     # Special cases:
                     if key in ['datePublished','dateUpdated']:
                         self.story.setMetadata(key,makeDate(self.get_config(sections,key),"%Y-%m-%d"))
                     else:
-                        self.story.setMetadata(key,self.get_config(sections,key).decode('utf-8').replace('{{storyId}}',idstr))
+                        self.story.setMetadata(key,ensure_text(self.get_config(sections,key)).replace('{{storyId}}',idstr))
                     #print("set:%s->%s"%(key,self.story.getMetadata(key)))
 
             if self.has_config(sections,'chapter_urls'):
diff --git a/fanficfare/configurable.py b/fanficfare/configurable.py
index e9f722f2..329c57e5 100644
--- a/fanficfare/configurable.py
+++ b/fanficfare/configurable.py
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ class Configuration(configparser.SafeConfigParser):
         if 'Accept' not in headers:
             headers['Accept']="text/html,*/*"
         req = Request(url,
-                      data=urlencode(parameters),
+                      data=ensure_binary(urlencode(parameters)),
                       headers=headers)
 
         ## Specific UA because too many sites are blocking the default python UA.