diff --git a/pysteam/_crc_algorithms.py b/pysteam/_crc_algorithms.py
index 46280ea..1266e36 100644
--- a/pysteam/_crc_algorithms.py
+++ b/pysteam/_crc_algorithms.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def bit_by_bit(self, in_data):
         value at the end.
         """
         # If the input data is a string, convert to bytes.
-        if isinstance(in_data, str):
+        if isinstance(in_data, str) or isinstance(in_data, unicode):
             in_data = [ord(c) for c in in_data]
 
         register = self.NonDirectInit
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def bit_by_bit_fast(self, in_data):
         wich are appended to the input message in the bit-by-bit algorithm.
         """
         # If the input data is a string, convert to bytes.
-        if isinstance(in_data, str):
+        if isinstance(in_data, str) or isinstance(in_data, unicode):
             in_data = [ord(c) for c in in_data]
 
         register = self.DirectInit
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def table_driven(self, in_data):
         The Standard table_driven CRC algorithm.
         """
         # If the input data is a string, convert to bytes.
-        if isinstance(in_data, str):
+        if isinstance(in_data, str) or isinstance(in_data, unicode):
             in_data = [ord(c) for c in in_data]
 
         tbl = self.gen_table()
diff --git a/pysteam/_shortcut_generator.py b/pysteam/_shortcut_generator.py
index 1c65b55..da9ff5a 100644
--- a/pysteam/_shortcut_generator.py
+++ b/pysteam/_shortcut_generator.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ def to_string(self,shortcuts):
         string = x00 + 'shortcuts' + x00 + self.generate_array_string(shortcuts) + x08 + x08 + x0a
         # rstrip is to remove the eol character that is automatically added.
         # According to vim the files I got from steam don't have the eol character
-        return unicode(string).rstrip()
+        try: return unicode(string).rstrip()
+        except NameError: return string.rstrip()
     
     def generate_array_string(self,shortcuts):
         string = ""
diff --git a/pysteam/_shortcut_parser.py b/pysteam/_shortcut_parser.py
index c13d4e1..3250fb5 100644
--- a/pysteam/_shortcut_parser.py
+++ b/pysteam/_shortcut_parser.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 
-import shortcut
+from pysteam import shortcut
 
 class ShortcutParser(object):
     
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def parse(self, path):
         return self.match_base(file_contents)
 
     def match_base(self,string):
-            match = re.match(ur"\u0000shortcuts\u0000(.*)\u0008\u0008$",string, re.IGNORECASE)
+            match = re.match(u"\u0000shortcuts\u0000(.*)\u0008\u0008$",string, re.IGNORECASE)
             if match:
                 return self.match_array_string(match.groups()[0])
             else:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def match_array_string(self,string):
         # ignoring it for now
         shortcuts = []
         while True:
-            match = re.match(ur"(.*)\u0000[0-9]+\u0000(\u0001AppName.*)\u0008",string, re.IGNORECASE)
+            match = re.match(u"(.*)\u0000[0-9]+\u0000(\u0001AppName.*)\u0008",string, re.IGNORECASE)
             if match:
                 groups = match.groups()
                 string = groups[0]
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def match_shortcut_string(self,string):
         # for the shortcut string (Appname, Exe, StartDir, etc), as oppposed
         # to matching for general Key-Value pairs. This could possibly create a
         # lot of work for me later, but for now it will get the job done
-        match = re.match(ur"\u0001AppName\u0000(.*)\u0000\u0001Exe\u0000(.*)\u0000\u0001StartDir\u0000(.*)\u0000\u0001icon\u0000(.*)\u0000\u0000tags\u0000(.*)\u0008",string, re.IGNORECASE)
+        match = re.match(u"\u0001AppName\u0000(.*)\u0000\u0001Exe\u0000(.*)\u0000\u0001StartDir\u0000(.*)\u0000\u0001icon\u0000(.*)\u0000\u0000tags\u0000(.*)\u0008",string, re.IGNORECASE)
         if match:
             # The 'groups' that are returned by the match should be the data
             # contained in the file. Now just make a Shortcut out of that data
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def match_shortcut_string(self,string):
     def match_tags_string(self,string):
         tags = []
         while True:
-          match = re.match(ur"(.*)\u0001[0-9]+\u0000(.*?)\u0000",string)
+          match = re.match(u"(.*)\u0001[0-9]+\u0000(.*?)\u0000",string)
           if match:
               groups = match.groups()
               string = groups[0]
diff --git a/pysteam/shortcut.py b/pysteam/shortcut.py
index 730dfed..09683e3 100644
--- a/pysteam/shortcut.py
+++ b/pysteam/shortcut.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 import sys
 import os
 
-import game
-from _crc_algorithms import Crc
+from pysteam import game
+from pysteam._crc_algorithms import Crc
 
 class Shortcut(game.Game):
 
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ def __init__(self, name, exe, startdir, icon="", tags=None):
         self.icon = icon
         self.tags = tags
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return (self.name == other.name and
+                self.exe == other.exe and
+                self.startdir == other.startdir and
+                self.icon == other.icon and
+                self.tags == other.tags)
+
     def appid(self):
         algorithm = Crc(width = 32, poly = 0x04C11DB7, reflect_in = True, xor_in = 0xffffffff, reflect_out = True, xor_out = 0xffffffff)
         crc_input = ''.join([self.exe,self.name])
diff --git a/pysteam/steam.py b/pysteam/steam.py
index 494b5fc..56cbab0 100644
--- a/pysteam/steam.py
+++ b/pysteam/steam.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import sys
 import os
 
-import user
+from pysteam import user
 
 def _is_mac():
     return sys.platform == 'darwin'
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ def _is_linux():
 def _windows_steam_location():
     if not _is_windows():
         return
-    import _winreg as registry
+    try: import _winreg as registry
+    except: import winreg as registry
     key = registry.CreateKey(registry.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,"Software\Valve\Steam")
     return registry.QueryValueEx(key,"SteamPath")[0]
 
@@ -85,4 +86,4 @@ def local_users(self):
         # machine is to just list the folders inside userdata
         userdirs = filter(self._is_user_directory, os.listdir(self.userdata_location()))
         # Exploits the fact that the directory is named the same as the user id
-        return map(lambda userdir: user.User(self, int(userdir)), userdirs)
+        return list(map(lambda userdir: user.User(self, int(userdir)), userdirs))
diff --git a/pysteam/user.py b/pysteam/user.py
index cabdb30..8807d97 100644
--- a/pysteam/user.py
+++ b/pysteam/user.py
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 Copyright (c) 2013 Scott Rice. All rights reserved.
 """
 
+from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import os
 
-from _shortcut_parser import ShortcutParser
-from _shortcut_generator import ShortcutGenerator
+from pysteam._shortcut_parser import ShortcutParser
+from pysteam._shortcut_generator import ShortcutGenerator
 
 # Information about SteamIDs and conversion between them found here:
 # https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamID
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ def _load_shortcuts(self):
             parsed_shortcuts = []
         if parsed_shortcuts == None:
             # TODO: Raise a decent error
-            print "Parsing error on file: %s" % file
+            print("Parsing error on file: %s" % file)
             parsed_shortcuts = []
         return parsed_shortcuts