diff --git a/zebra/templatetags/zebra_tags.py b/zebra/templatetags/zebra_tags.py
index 60db3d7..a2335d0 100644
--- a/zebra/templatetags/zebra_tags.py
+++ b/zebra/templatetags/zebra_tags.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django import template
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
-from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text as force_unicode
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@
 
 register = template.Library()
 
+
 def _set_up_zebra_form(context):
     if not "zebra_form" in context:
         if "form" in context:
             context["zebra_form"] = context["form"]
         else:
-            raise Exception, "Missing stripe form."
+            raise Exception("Missing stripe form.")
     context["STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE"] = options.STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE
     return context
 
diff --git a/zebra/urls.py b/zebra/urls.py
index 31608c6..c0b8752 100644
--- a/zebra/urls.py
+++ b/zebra/urls.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
+from django.conf.urls import url
 
 from zebra import views
 
-urlpatterns = patterns('',
+urlpatterns = [
     url(r'webhooks/$',     views.webhooks,          name='webhooks'),
     url(r'webhooks/v2/$',     views.webhooks_v2,          name='webhooks_v2'),
-)
+]
diff --git a/zebra/views.py b/zebra/views.py
index 4becfe4..fb9ca1c 100644
--- a/zebra/views.py
+++ b/zebra/views.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 except:
     from django.utils import simplejson
     
-from django.db.models import get_model
+from django.apps import apps
 import stripe
 from zebra.conf import options
 from zebra.signals import *
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 def _try_to_get_customer_from_customer_id(stripe_customer_id):
     if options.ZEBRA_CUSTOMER_MODEL:
-        m = get_model(*options.ZEBRA_CUSTOMER_MODEL.split('.'))
+        m = apps.get_model(*options.ZEBRA_CUSTOMER_MODEL.split('.'))
         try:
             return m.objects.get(stripe_customer_id=stripe_customer_id)
         except:
diff --git a/zebra/widgets.py b/zebra/widgets.py
index d3eaa98..379db41 100644
--- a/zebra/widgets.py
+++ b/zebra/widgets.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class Media:
         js = ('zebra/card-form.js', 'https://js.stripe.com/v1/')
 
 
-
 class NoNameTextInput(TextInput, NoNameWidget):
 
     def render(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/zebra_sample_project/urls.py b/zebra_sample_project/urls.py
index f5f927c..ec52cef 100644
--- a/zebra_sample_project/urls.py
+++ b/zebra_sample_project/urls.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, include, url
+from django.conf.urls.defaults import include, url
 
-urlpatterns = patterns('',
+urlpatterns = [
     url(r'zebra/',   include('zebra.urls',  namespace="zebra",  app_name='zebra') ),
     url(r'',         include('marty.urls',  namespace="marty",  app_name='marty') ),
-)
+]