diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6d467f..006679c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pyOS (prounounced "pious") is a python implemention of a psuedo unix-like operat
 
 Requirements
 -------------
-- Python 2.7+
+- Python 3.5+
 
 Features
 --------
@@ -36,4 +36,16 @@ Todo
 Setup
 -----
 - cd into the pyOS directory
-- run pyOS.py
\ No newline at end of file
+- run pyOS.py
+  - Username: root
+  - Password: pass
+
+```text
+> python ./pyOS.py 
+STARTING
+root x has permisison for /programs/login.py
+user: root
+password: 
+root x has permisison for /programs/interpreter.py
+root@pyOS:/$
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/documents/consumer.py b/documents/consumer.py
index 9eb9f51..6376895 100644
--- a/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/documents/consumer.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 def run(shell, args):
     for line in shell.stdin.read():
-        print line
+        print(line)
         time.sleep(1*random.random())
 
 def help():
diff --git a/documents/producer.py b/documents/producer.py
index f968e3d..0f6ecc9 100644
--- a/documents/producer.py
+++ b/documents/producer.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import random
 
 def run(shell, args):
-    for x in xrange(20):
+    for x in range(20):
         shell.stdout.write(str(x))
         time.sleep(1*random.random())
 
diff --git a/kernel/filesystem.py b/kernel/filesystem.py
index c78e817..f8a42b9 100644
--- a/kernel/filesystem.py
+++ b/kernel/filesystem.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import shutil
-import imp
 import glob
-
+import importlib.util
 from kernel.constants import BASEPATH
 
 def abs_path(path):
@@ -91,7 +90,14 @@ def open_program(path):
     x = abs_path(path)
     if not is_dir(path):
         try:
-            program = imp.load_source('program', x)
+
+            spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("program", x)
+            if not spec:
+                return
+
+            program = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+            spec.loader.exec_module(program)
+
         except IOError:
             program = False
     else:
diff --git a/kernel/metadata.py b/kernel/metadata.py
index 7984dcf..a1c84db 100644
--- a/kernel/metadata.py
+++ b/kernel/metadata.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import sqlite3
 
 from kernel.constants import METADATAFILE
-from kernel.utils import calc_permission_number, calc_permission_string
+from kernel.utils import calc_permission_number
 from kernel.utils import convert_many
 
 def build_meta_data_database(fsmatches):
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def get_meta_data(path):
         data = cur.fetchone()
         if data:
             ## force data to be strings and not unicode
-            data = tuple(str(x) if type(x) == unicode else x for x in data)
+            data = tuple(str(x) if type(x) == str else x for x in data)
     return data
 
 def get_all_meta_data(path='/'):
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def get_all_meta_data(path='/'):
         data = cur.fetchall()
         if data:
             ## force data to be strings and not unicode
-            data = [tuple(str(x) if type(x) == unicode else x for x in row) for row in data]
+            data = [tuple(str(x) if type(x) == str else x for x in row) for row in data]
     return data
 
 def add_path(path, owner, permission):
diff --git a/kernel/shell.py b/kernel/shell.py
index f231f69..8f041a4 100644
--- a/kernel/shell.py
+++ b/kernel/shell.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import re
 import threading
 
 import kernel.stream
diff --git a/kernel/shutdown.py b/kernel/shutdown.py
index a668e21..fd1a740 100644
--- a/kernel/shutdown.py
+++ b/kernel/shutdown.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 def run():
-    print "SHUTTING DOWN"
+    print("SHUTTING DOWN")
diff --git a/kernel/startup.py b/kernel/startup.py
index df756db..7245b45 100644
--- a/kernel/startup.py
+++ b/kernel/startup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import kernel.userdata
 
 def run():
-    print "STARTING"
+    print("STARTING")
     kernel.userdata.build_user_data_database()
     kernel.metadata.build_meta_data_database(kernel.filesystem.list_all('/'))
 
diff --git a/kernel/stream.py b/kernel/stream.py
index 9a234ff..cc6f519 100644
--- a/kernel/stream.py
+++ b/kernel/stream.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def __init__(self, name='', value=None, writer=None, reader=None):
         self._line = 0
         self.closed = False
 
-    def __nonzero__(self):
+    def __bool__(self):
         return bool(self.reader)
 
     def set_reader(self, callback):
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def broadcast(self):
             pass  # self.reader()
         else:
             if any(self.value):
-                print "<%s> %s" % (self.name, '\n'.join(self.value[:-1])),
+                print("<%s> %s" % (self.name, '\n'.join(self.value[:-1])), end=' ')
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<Pipe(name=%s, value=%s, writer=%d, reader=%d)>" % (
diff --git a/kernel/system.py b/kernel/system.py
index 9d91fa4..b79e08c 100644
--- a/kernel/system.py
+++ b/kernel/system.py
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 if laccess.isdigit():
                     laccess = list(set(args[int(laccess)]) & {'r', 'w'})[0]
                 if has_permission(path, 'root', laccess):
-                    print "root %s has permisison for %s" % (laccess, path)
+                    print("root %s has permisison for %s" % (laccess, path))
                 else:
-                    print "root %s permission denied for %s" % (laccess, path)
+                    print("root %s permission denied for %s" % (laccess, path))
             return function(self, *args, **kwargs)
         return wrapper
     return real_decorator
diff --git a/kernel/userdata.py b/kernel/userdata.py
index d23b5ff..3c36b71 100644
--- a/kernel/userdata.py
+++ b/kernel/userdata.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def get_user_data(user):
         data = cur.fetchone()
         if data:
             ## force data to be strings and not unicode
-            data = tuple(str(x) if type(x) == unicode else x for x in data)
+            data = tuple(str(x) if type(x) == str else x for x in data)
     return data
 
 def get_all_user_data():
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def get_all_user_data():
         data = cur.fetchall()
         if data:
             ## force data to be strings and not unicode
-            data = [tuple(str(x) if type(x) == unicode else x for x in row) for row in data]
+            data = [tuple(str(x) if type(x) == str else x for x in row) for row in data]
     return data
 
 #######################################
diff --git a/programs/head.py b/programs/head.py
index 6beb70f..6084279 100644
--- a/programs/head.py
+++ b/programs/head.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def run(shell, args):
                 shell.stdout.write("==> %s <==" % (x, ))
             try:
                 f = shell.syscall.open_file(path, 'r')
-                for x in xrange(args.lineamount):
+                for x in range(args.lineamount):
                     shell.stdout.write(f.readline().rstrip())
                 f.close()
             except IOError:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def run(shell, args):
         if shell.stdin:
             if args.paths:
                 shell.stdout.write("==> %% stdin %% <==")
-            for x in xrange(args.lineamount):
+            for x in range(args.lineamount):
                 shell.stdout.write(shell.stdin.readline())
             shell.stdout.write("")
         else:
diff --git a/programs/interpreter.py b/programs/interpreter.py
index ad5262a..7edaf42 100644
--- a/programs/interpreter.py
+++ b/programs/interpreter.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 def run(shell, args):
     user = shell.get_var('USER')
     while System.state >= RUNNING:
-        data = raw_input("%s@%s:%s$ "% (user, OSNAME, shell.get_path()))
+        data = input("%s@%s:%s$ "% (user, OSNAME, shell.get_path()))
         data = data.strip()
         if data:
             cleaned, command = shell_expansion(shell, data)
diff --git a/programs/login.py b/programs/login.py
index 5c2407b..c6232b5 100644
--- a/programs/login.py
+++ b/programs/login.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 from kernel.system import System
 
 def run(shell, args):
-    user = raw_input("user: ")
-    password = hashlib.sha256(getpass.getpass("password: ")).hexdigest()
+    user = input("user: ")
+    password = hashlib.sha256(getpass.getpass("password: ").encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
 
     if shell.syscall.correct_password(user, password): # == db(user).password
         stuff = {
diff --git a/programs/ls.py b/programs/ls.py
index cfc88a1..6521b2d 100644
--- a/programs/ls.py
+++ b/programs/ls.py
@@ -38,22 +38,32 @@ def ls(shell, relpath, args):
             if a:
                 maxlen = max(max([len(x) for x in a]), 1)
                 # arbitrary line length
-                columns = (80 / maxlen) - 1
+                columns_max = 80
+                columns = (columns_max / maxlen) - 1
                 b = []
+                pos = 0
+                line = "\n"
+                to_add = ""
                 for i, x in enumerate(a):
-                    newline = "\n" if not ((i + 1) % columns) else ""
                     if not ((i + 1) % columns):
                         newline = "\n"
                         spacing = ""
                     else:
                         newline = ""
                         spacing = " " * (maxlen - len(x) + 1)
-                    b.append(x + spacing + newline)
-                shell.stdout.write(''.join(b).rstrip())
+                    to_add = "%s%s%s" % (x, spacing, newline)
+                    if pos < columns_max:
+                        pos += len(to_add)
+                        line += to_add
+                    else:
+                        b.append(line)
+                        pos = 0
+                        line = ""
+                shell.stdout.write("%s\n" % '\n'.join(b))
         if len(args.paths) > 1:
             shell.stdout.write("")
     except OSError:
-        shell.stderr.write('ls: cannot acces %s: no such file or directory\n' % (relpath, ))
+        shell.stderr.write('ls: cannot access %s: no such file or directory\n' % (relpath, ))
 
 def help():
     return parser.help_msg()
diff --git a/programs/sed.py b/programs/sed.py
index 2b9847e..74b38a5 100644
--- a/programs/sed.py
+++ b/programs/sed.py
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ def help():
 { commands }        group of commands
 s                   s/regex/replacement/flags
     replacement
-        \L          turn replacement lowercase until \U or \E
+        \L          turn replacement lowercase until \\U or \E
         \l          turn the next char lowercase
-        \U          turn replacement uppercase until \L or \E
-        \u          turn the next char to uppercase
+        \\U          turn replacement uppercase until \L or \E
+        \\u          turn the next char to uppercase
         \E          Stop case conversion
         \[n]        number of inclusions
         &           matched pattern
diff --git a/programs/tee.py b/programs/tee.py
index 8b9e6aa..4a41757 100644
--- a/programs/tee.py
+++ b/programs/tee.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def run(shell, args):
                     f.close()
         else:
             for line in shell.stdin.read():
-                print line
+                print(line)
                 shell.stdout.write(line)
 
 def help():
diff --git a/pyOS.py b/pyOS.py
index 7f4a8e9..04e1909 100644
--- a/pyOS.py
+++ b/pyOS.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from kernel.system import System
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    System.run()
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+    System.run()