diff --git a/redisgraph/client.py b/redisgraph/client.py
index e3e9524..a8d9354 100644
--- a/redisgraph/client.py
+++ b/redisgraph/client.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import random
 import string
 
-from query_result import QueryResult
+from .query_result import QueryResult
 
 
 def random_string(length=10):
     """
     Returns a random N chracter long string.
     """
-    return ''.join(random.choice(string.lowercase) for x in range(length))
+    return ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for x in range(length))
 
 
 class Node(object):
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def __str__(self):
         return '({alias}:{label} {{{properties}}})'.format(
             alias=self.alias,
             label=self.label,
-            properties=','.join(key+':'+str(val) for key, val in self.properties.iteritems()))
+            properties=','.join(key+':'+str(val) for key, val in self.properties.items()))
 
 
 class Edge(object):
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def __str__(self):
             return '({src_alias})-[:{relation} {{{properties}}}]->({dest_alias})'.format(
                 src_alias=self.src_node.alias,
                 relation=self.relation,
-                properties=','.join(key+':'+str(val) for key, val in self.properties.iteritems()),
+                properties=','.join(key+':'+str(val) for key, val in self.properties.items()),
                 dest_alias=self.dest_node.alias)
         else:
             return '({src_alias})-[:{relation}]->({dest_alias})'.format(
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def commit(self):
         """
 
         query = 'CREATE '
-        for _, node in self.nodes.iteritems():
+        for _, node in self.nodes.items():
             query += str(node) + ','
 
         for edge in self.edges:
diff --git a/redisgraph/query_result.py b/redisgraph/query_result.py
index c8d9816..3c5183c 100644
--- a/redisgraph/query_result.py
+++ b/redisgraph/query_result.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ def _retrieve_data_from_statistics(self, statistics):
     @staticmethod
     def _get_value(prop, statistics):
         for stat in statistics:
+            stat = stat.decode()
             if prop in stat:
                 return float(stat.split(': ')[1].split(' ')[0])