diff --git a/elodie/external/pyexiftool.py b/elodie/external/pyexiftool.py
index 52b187e..f6850f6 100644
--- a/elodie/external/pyexiftool.py
+++ b/elodie/external/pyexiftool.py
@@ -402,13 +402,13 @@ class ExifTool(object):
                             "an iterable of strings")
                 
         params = []
-        params_b = []
+        params_utf8 = []
         for tag, value in tags.items():
             params.append(u'-%s=%s' % (tag, value))
             
         params.extend(filenames)
-        params_b = [x.encode('utf-8') for x in params]
-        return self.execute(*params_b)
+        params_utf8 = [x.encode('utf-8') for x in params]
+        return self.execute(*params_utf8)
 
     def set_tags(self, tags, filename):
         """Writes the values of the specified tags for the given file.
diff --git a/elodie/geolocation.py b/elodie/geolocation.py
index 925bc83..e0f4780 100644
--- a/elodie/geolocation.py
+++ b/elodie/geolocation.py
@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 from __future__ import division
 from future import standard_library
-standard_library.install_aliases()
 from past.utils import old_div
 
 from os import path
 from configparser import ConfigParser
-import fractions
+
+standard_library.install_aliases()  # noqa
 
 import requests
-import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error
+import urllib.request
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.error
 
 from elodie import constants
 from elodie.localstorage import Db
@@ -77,7 +79,8 @@ def dms_to_decimal(degrees, minutes, seconds, direction=' '):
     if(direction[0] in 'WSws'):
         sign = -1
     return (
-        float(degrees) + old_div(float(minutes), 60) + old_div(float(seconds), 3600)
+        float(degrees) + old_div(float(minutes), 60) +
+        old_div(float(seconds), 3600)
     ) * sign
 
 
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ def reverse_lookup(lat, lon):
         headers = {"Accept-Language": constants.accepted_language}
         r = requests.get(
             'http://open.mapquestapi.com/nominatim/v1/reverse.php?%s' %
-            urllib.parse.urlencode(params),headers=headers
+            urllib.parse.urlencode(params), headers=headers
         )
         return r.json()
     except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
diff --git a/elodie/media/base.py b/elodie/media/base.py
index 167ad7d..2d1410b 100644
--- a/elodie/media/base.py
+++ b/elodie/media/base.py
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ are used to represent the actual files.
 import mimetypes
 import os
 
-try:
-      basestring
+try:        # Py3k compatibility
+    basestring
 except NameError:
-      basestring = str
+    basestring = (bytes, str)
+
 
 class Base(object):
 
diff --git a/elodie/media/media.py b/elodie/media/media.py
index ddfd9b8..ae2e82d 100644
--- a/elodie/media/media.py
+++ b/elodie/media/media.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ are used to represent the actual files.
 .. moduleauthor:: Jaisen Mathai <jaisen@jmathai.com>
 """
 from __future__ import print_function
-from builtins import object
 
 # load modules
 from elodie import constants
diff --git a/elodie/media/photo.py b/elodie/media/photo.py
index cca402c..221438b 100644
--- a/elodie/media/photo.py
+++ b/elodie/media/photo.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ image objects (JPG, DNG, etc.).
 """
 from __future__ import print_function
 from __future__ import absolute_import
-from builtins import str
 
 import imghdr
 import os
diff --git a/elodie/media/video.py b/elodie/media/video.py
index d13885c..2becef6 100644
--- a/elodie/media/video.py
+++ b/elodie/media/video.py
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ objects (AVI, MOV, etc.).
 from __future__ import print_function
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
-from builtins import str
-from builtins import object
-from past.utils import old_div
 
 # load modules
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
diff --git a/elodie/tests/media/audio_test.py b/elodie/tests/media/audio_test.py
index cdc4f70..cfc9cd2 100644
--- a/elodie/tests/media/audio_test.py
+++ b/elodie/tests/media/audio_test.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ def test_get_date_taken():
     audio = Audio(helper.get_file('audio.m4a'))
     date_taken = audio.get_date_taken()
 
-    print('%r' % date_taken)
     assert date_taken == (2016, 1, 4, 5, 24, 15, 0, 19, 0), date_taken
 
 def test_get_exiftool_attributes():