diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d3baae..e0cce29 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ https://youtu.be/0bBKOFdQKzo
 Install
 =======
 
-Vy actually demands python 2.7 to run.
+Vy actually demands python 2.7 or python3.x to run.
 
 This is a short script to install the latest version of vy.
 
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ This is a short script to install the latest version of vy.
     python setup.py install
 
 
+To build vy in Python3 flavor, you need to run setup.py with the python3 interpreter,
+as well as installing python3-tkinter and python3-pygments instead pf their python2
+equivalents.
+
     
 Once you have installed vy and its dependencies,
 run on a terminal the following command.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 903ae72..b6868c2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 
 from distutils.core import setup
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+try:
+   from distutils.command.build_py import build_py_2to3 \
+        as build_py
+except ImportError:
+   from distutils.command.build_py import build_py
+
 setup(name="vy",
       version="0.1",
       packages=["vyapp", 
@@ -14,21 +21,6 @@
       scripts=['vy'],
       package_data={'vyapp': ['vyrc', '/vyapp/vyrc']},
       author="Iury O. G. Figueiredo",
-      author_email="ioliveira@id.uff.br")
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+      author_email="ioliveira@id.uff.br",
+      cmdclass = {'build_py': build_py}
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diff --git a/vy b/vy
index 53a7451..006d2e6 100755
--- a/vy
+++ b/vy
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     root = App()
     lst  = eval(str(opt.lst))
-    lst  = lst + map(lambda ind: [[ind]], args)
+    lst  = lst + list(map(lambda ind: [[ind]], args))
 
     if not lst: root.note.create('None')
     else: root.note.load(*lst)
diff --git a/vyapp/stdout.py b/vyapp/stdout.py
index 5f31f9f..e15c121 100644
--- a/vyapp/stdout.py
+++ b/vyapp/stdout.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ def remove(self, fd):
 
     def write(self, data):
         for ind in self.base: 
+            if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
+                data = str(data)
             ind.write(data)
 
 def echo(data):