diff --git a/bin/receive_file.py b/bin/receive_file.py
index 78ebe87..0dc53a1 100644
--- a/bin/receive_file.py
+++ b/bin/receive_file.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
 import os, sys, json
 from binascii import unhexlify
 from nacl.secret import SecretBox
diff --git a/bin/receive_text.py b/bin/receive_text.py
index c6e2ac8..c0e75c7 100644
--- a/bin/receive_text.py
+++ b/bin/receive_text.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
 import sys, json
-from .transcribe import Receiver
+from wormhole.transcribe import Receiver
 
 APPID = "lothar.com/wormhole/text-xfer"
 
 # we're receiving
 code = sys.argv[1]
-blob = b""
+blob = b"{}"
 r = Receiver(APPID, blob, code)
 them_bytes = r.get_data()
 them_d = json.loads(them_bytes.decode("utf-8"))
diff --git a/bin/send_file.py b/bin/send_file.py
index 7564e0e..1c111ca 100644
--- a/bin/send_file.py
+++ b/bin/send_file.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
 import os, sys, json
 from binascii import hexlify
 from nacl.secret import SecretBox
diff --git a/bin/send_text.py b/bin/send_text.py
index a414e1b..ffdacc5 100644
--- a/bin/send_text.py
+++ b/bin/send_text.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
 import sys, json
-from .transcribe import Initiator
+from wormhole.transcribe import Initiator
 
 APPID = "lothar.com/wormhole/text-xfer"
 
@@ -11,9 +12,9 @@ i = Initiator(APPID, blob)
 code = i.get_code()
 print("Wormhole code is '%s'" % code)
 print("On the other computer, please run:")
-print()
+print("")
 print(" wormhole-receive-text %s" % code)
-print()
+print("")
 them_bytes = i.get_data()
 them_d = json.loads(them_bytes.decode("utf-8"))
 print("them: %r" % (them_d,))