diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 856530b..77b07c8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ python:
   - "2.6"
   - "2.7"
 install:
-  - pip install -r requirements.txt --use-mirrors
+  - pip install -r requirements.txt
 before_script:
-  - pip install -U -r test_requirements.txt --use-mirrors
+  - pip install -U -r test_requirements.txt
 script:
   - py.test --doctest-modules --pep8 rtkit -v --cov rtkit --cov-report term-missing
 after_success:
-  - pip install python-coveralls --use-mirrors
+  - pip install python-coveralls
   - coveralls
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 927590e..ded72d5 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [pytest]
-pep8ignore = E501
+pep8ignore = E501 E402
diff --git a/rtkit/parser.py b/rtkit/parser.py
index 4193550..c6dba6a 100644
--- a/rtkit/parser.py
+++ b/rtkit/parser.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# for compatibility with Python 3.x
 try:
     from itertools import filterfalse as ifilterfalse
 except ImportError:
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ def build(cls, body):
             ... a -- b
             ... '''
             >>> RTParser.build(body)
-            [['# a\\nb', 'spam: 1', 'ham: 2,\\n3'], ['# c', 'spam: 4', 'ham:'], ['a -- b']]
+            [[u'# a\\nb', u'spam: 1', u'ham: 2,\\n3'], [u'# c', u'spam: 4', u'ham:'], [u'a -- b']]
         """
         def build_section(section):
             logic_lines = []
@@ -121,4 +120,4 @@ def build_section(section):
                 else:
                     logic_lines.append(line)
             return logic_lines
-        return [build_section(b) for b in cls.SECTION.split(body.decode('utf-8'))]
+        return [build_section(b) for b in cls.SECTION.split(body.decode('utf-8', 'ignore'))]
diff --git a/rtkit/resource.py b/rtkit/resource.py
index 75aa3cc..540c9c9 100644
--- a/rtkit/resource.py
+++ b/rtkit/resource.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def __init__(self, request, response):
         self.logger.info(request.get_method())
         self.logger.info(request.get_full_url())
         self.logger.debug('HTTP_STATUS: {0}'.format(self.status))
-        r = RTParser.HEADER.match(self.body.decode('utf-8'))
+        r = RTParser.HEADER.match(self.body.decode('utf-8', 'ignore'))
         if r:
             self.status = r.group('s').encode('utf-8')
             self.status_int = int(r.group('i'))