diff --git a/plugin/image.vim b/plugin/image.vim
index 16fb80d..7298f15 100644
--- a/plugin/image.vim
+++ b/plugin/image.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 command! -nargs=0 Image call DisplayImage()
 
-if !has("python")
-    echo "image.vim requires python support"
+if !has("python3")
+    echo "image.vim requires python3 support"
     finish
 endif
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ au BufRead *.png,*.jpg,*.jpeg :call DisplayImage()
 
 function! DisplayImage()
 set nowrap
-python << EOF
+python3 << EOF
 from __future__ import division
 import vim
 from PIL import Image
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ def getAsciiImage(imageFile, maxWidth, maxHeight):
     # clear the buffer
     vim.current.buffer[:] = None
 
-    for y in xrange(scaledHeight):
+    for y in range(scaledHeight):
         asciiImage = ""
-        for x in xrange(scaledWidth):
+        for x in range(scaledWidth):
             rgb = pixels[x, y]
             if not isinstance(rgb, tuple):
                 rgb = (rgb,)