diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c359275..8a55739 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-vim-argument-swapper
-==========================
+# vim-argument-swapper
 
 A VIM plugin to swap 2 arguments in a method call/definition.
 
-Usage
-=====
+# Usage
 
 Put cursor over the first argument, `:ArgumentSwapperSwap`, done.
 
@@ -14,8 +12,7 @@ Map it to a leader shortcut, for example:
 map <leader>as :ArgumentSwapperSwap<cr>
 ```
 
-Why?
-====
+# Why?
 
 To make it easy to turn:
 
@@ -29,9 +26,14 @@ into:
 in_array($needle, $haystack);
 ```
 
-Installation
-============
+# Installation
 
 Using [vim-plug](https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug):
 
 `Plug 'robertbasic/vim-argument-swapper'`
+
+# Configuration
+
+By default the plugin uses Python 3.
+
+`let g:argumentswapper_python_version = 2` in your `.vimrc` file to use Python 2.
diff --git a/autoload/argumentswapper.py b/autoload/argumentswapper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..631b316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autoload/argumentswapper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import vim
+
+def swap():
+    from argumentswapper import swapper
+
+    (row, column) = vim.current.window.cursor
+    line = vim.current.line
+    new_line = swapper.swap(line, column)
+    vim.current.buffer[row - 1] = new_line
+
+def setup_py_imports():
+    python_plugin_path_loaded = int(vim.eval('exists("g:argumentswapper_plugin_path_loaded")'))
+
+    if python_plugin_path_loaded == 0:
+        vim.command("let g:argumentswapper_plugin_path_loaded=1")
+
+        plugin_path = vim.eval("g:argumentswapper_plugin_path")
+        python_plugin_path = os.path.abspath('%s/../lib' % (plugin_path))
+        sys.path.append(python_plugin_path)
diff --git a/autoload/argumentswapper.vim b/autoload/argumentswapper.vim
index 6c3a739..d6bf5c7 100644
--- a/autoload/argumentswapper.vim
+++ b/autoload/argumentswapper.vim
@@ -1,30 +1,15 @@
 function! argumentswapper#ArgumentSwapperSwap()
-python << endpython
-import vim
-from argumentswapper import swapper
-
-(row, column) = vim.current.window.cursor
-line = vim.current.line
-new_line = swapper.swap(line, column)
-vim.current.buffer[row - 1] = new_line
-
-endpython
+    if g:argumentswapper_python_version == 3
+        python3 swap()
+    else
+        python swap()
+    endif
 endfunction
 
 function! argumentswapper#SetupPyImports()
-python << endpython
-import os
-import sys
-import vim
-
-python_plugin_path_loaded = int(vim.eval('exists("g:argumentswapper_plugin_path_loaded")'))
-
-if python_plugin_path_loaded == 0:
-    vim.command("let g:argumentswapper_plugin_path_loaded=1")
-
-    plugin_path = vim.eval("g:argumentswapper_plugin_path")
-    python_plugin_path = os.path.abspath('%s/../lib' % (plugin_path))
-    sys.path.append(python_plugin_path)
-
-endpython
+    if g:argumentswapper_python_version == 3
+        python3 setup_py_imports()
+    else
+        python setup_py_imports()
+    endif
 endfunction
diff --git a/plugin/argumentswapper.vim b/plugin/argumentswapper.vim
index 5a34698..83ae05a 100644
--- a/plugin/argumentswapper.vim
+++ b/plugin/argumentswapper.vim
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ let g:argumentswapper_plugin_loaded = 1
 
 let g:argumentswapper_plugin_path = expand('<sfile>:p:h')
 
+if !exists('g:argumentswapper_python_version')
+    let g:argumentswapper_python_version = 3
+endif
+
+if g:argumentswapper_python_version == 3
+    exe 'py3file ' . g:argumentswapper_plugin_path . '/../autoload/argumentswapper.py'
+else
+    exe 'pyfile ' . g:argumentswapper_plugin_path . '/../autoload/argumentswapper.py'
+endif
+
 " To setup Python imports
 call argumentswapper#SetupPyImports()