diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb13a14..da3a545 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Check in and water your plant every 24h to keep it growing. 5 days without water
 ## getting started
 botany is designed for unix-based systems. Clone into a local directory using `$ git clone https://github.com/jifunks/botany.git`.
 
-Run with `$ python botany.py`.
+Run with `$ python3 botany.py`.
 
 *Note - botany.py must initially be run by the user who cloned/unzipped botany.py - this initalizes the shared data file permissions.*
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ A once-weekly cron on clear_weekly_users.py should be set up to keep weekly visi
 
 ## requirements
 * Unix-based OS (Mac, Linux)
-* Python 2.x
+* Python 3.x
 * Recommended: 80x24 minimum terminal, fixed-width font
 
 ## credits
diff --git a/botany.py b/botany.py
index 6c5eb69..f4199f5 100755
--- a/botany.py
+++ b/botany.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 from __future__ import division
 import time
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class Plant(object):
         else:
             with open(visitor_filepath, mode='w') as f:
                 json.dump([], f)
-            os.chmod(visitor_filepath, 0666)
+            os.chmod(visitor_filepath, 0o666)
         if not guest_timestamps:
             return self.watered_timestamp
         all_timestamps = [self.watered_timestamp] + guest_timestamps
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ class DataManager(object):
         sqlite_dir_path = os.path.join(self.game_dir,'sqlite')
         if not os.path.exists(sqlite_dir_path):
             os.makedirs(sqlite_dir_path)
-            os.chmod(sqlite_dir_path, 0777)
+            os.chmod(sqlite_dir_path, 0o777)
         conn = sqlite3.connect(self.garden_db_path)
         init_table_string = """CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS garden (
         plant_id tinytext PRIMARY KEY,
@@ -487,9 +487,9 @@ class DataManager(object):
 
         # init only, creates and sets permissions for garden db and json
         if os.stat(self.garden_db_path).st_uid == os.getuid():
-            os.chmod(self.garden_db_path, 0666)
+            os.chmod(self.garden_db_path, 0o666)
             open(self.garden_json_path, 'a').close()
-            os.chmod(self.garden_json_path, 0666)
+            os.chmod(self.garden_json_path, 0o666)
 
     def migrate_database(self):
         conn = sqlite3.connect(self.garden_db_path)
diff --git a/clear_weekly_users.py b/clear_weekly_users.py
index b598309..2e4308b 100644
--- a/clear_weekly_users.py
+++ b/clear_weekly_users.py
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ garden_db_path = os.path.join(game_dir, 'sqlite/garden_db.sqlite')
 conn = sqlite3.connect(garden_db_path)
 c = conn.cursor()
 c.execute("DELETE FROM visitors")
-print "Cleared weekly users"
+print("Cleared weekly users")
 conn.commit()
 conn.close()
diff --git a/testsql.py b/testsql.py
index 7692ced..6080d42 100644
--- a/testsql.py
+++ b/testsql.py
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ def update_garden_db():
     #             )
     #             """.format(pid = "asdfasdf", pown = "jake", pdes = "big cool plant", page="25d", psco = str(25), pdead = str(False))
 
-    print c.execute(update_query)
+    print(c.execute(update_query))
     conn.commit()
     conn.close()
-    #print "bigggg booom"
+    #print("bigggg booom")
 
 def retrieve_garden_from_db(garden_db_path):
     # Builds a dict of dicts from garden sqlite db
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def retrieve_garden_from_db(garden_db_path):
 #init_database()
 #update_garden_db()
 results = retrieve_garden_from_db(garden_db_path)
-print results
+print(results)
 
 
 # con = sqlite3.connect(garden_db_path) #
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ print results
 # cur.execute("select * from garden ORDER BY score desc") #
 # blah = cur.fetchall() #
 # con.close()
-# print blah
+# print(blah)