diff --git a/oletools/oledir.py b/oletools/oledir.py
index 8d6ef2c..adeae1d 100755
--- a/oletools/oledir.py
+++ b/oletools/oledir.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ STATUS_COLORS = {
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # print banner with version
-    print 'oledir %s - http://decalage.info/python/oletools' % __version__
+    print('oledir %s - http://decalage.info/python/oletools' % __version__)
 
     if os.name == 'nt':
         colorclass.Windows.enable(auto_colors=True, reset_atexit=True)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # TODO: oledir option to hexdump the raw direntries
     # TODO: olefile should be less picky about incorrect directory structures
 
-    for id in xrange(len(ole.direntries)):
+    for id in range(len(ole.direntries)):
         d = ole.direntries[id]
         if d is None:
             # this direntry is not part of the tree: either unused or an orphan
diff --git a/oletools/olevba.py b/oletools/olevba.py
index 1e3d78e..633e17f 100755
--- a/oletools/olevba.py
+++ b/oletools/olevba.py
@@ -2180,7 +2180,7 @@ class VBA_Parser(object):
             if data is None:
                 data = open(filename, 'rb').read()
             # check if it is a Word 2003 XML file (WordProcessingML): must contain the namespace
-            if 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml' in data:
+            if b'http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml' in data:
                 self.open_word2003xml(data)
             # store a lowercase version for the next tests:
             data_lowercase = data.lower()
@@ -2190,14 +2190,14 @@ class VBA_Parser(object):
             # and even whitespaces in between "MIME", "-", "Version" and ":". The version number is ignored.
             # And the line is case insensitive.
             # so we'll just check the presence of mime, version and multipart anywhere:
-            if self.type is None and 'mime' in data_lowercase and 'version' in data_lowercase \
-                and 'multipart' in data_lowercase:
+            if self.type is None and b'mime' in data_lowercase and b'version' in data_lowercase \
+                and b'multipart' in data_lowercase:
                 self.open_mht(data)
         #TODO: handle exceptions
         #TODO: Excel 2003 XML
             # Check if this is a plain text VBA or VBScript file:
             # To avoid scanning binary files, we simply check for some control chars:
-            if self.type is None and '\x00' not in data:
+            if self.type is None and b'\x00' not in data:
                 self.open_text(data)
         if self.type is None:
             # At this stage, could not match a known format: