diff --git a/error.py b/error.py
index ff948f9..f2a7c4e 100644
--- a/error.py
+++ b/error.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     self.name = name
 
   def __str__(self):
-    if self.Name is None:
+    if self.name is None:
       return 'in current directory'
     return self.name
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     self.name = name
 
   def __str__(self):
-    if self.Name is None:
+    if self.name is None:
       return 'in current directory'
     return self.name
 
diff --git a/git_command.py b/git_command.py
index 259fb02..0893bff 100644
--- a/git_command.py
+++ b/git_command.py
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@
   def version(self):
     p = GitCommand(None, ['--version'], capture_stdout=True)
     if p.Wait() == 0:
-      return p.stdout.decode('utf-8')
+      if hasattr(p.stdout, 'decode'):
+        return p.stdout.decode('utf-8')
+      else:
+        return p.stdout
     return None
 
   def version_tuple(self):
@@ -263,6 +266,8 @@
         if not buf:
           s_in.remove(s)
           continue
+        if not hasattr(buf, 'encode'):
+          buf = buf.decode()
         if s.std_name == 'stdout':
           self.stdout += buf
         else:
diff --git a/git_config.py b/git_config.py
index c4c31e1..8ded7c2 100644
--- a/git_config.py
+++ b/git_config.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
       finally:
         fd.close()
     except (IOError, TypeError):
-      if os.path.exists(self.json):
+      if os.path.exists(self._json):
         os.remove(self._json)
 
   def _ReadGit(self):
diff --git a/subcmds/forall.py b/subcmds/forall.py
index 6a6d30c..ebc8bec 100644
--- a/subcmds/forall.py
+++ b/subcmds/forall.py
@@ -278,7 +278,9 @@
   def setenv(name, val):
     if val is None:
       val = ''
-    env[name] = val.encode()
+    if hasattr(val, 'encode'):
+      val = val.encode()
+    env[name] = val
 
   setenv('REPO_PROJECT', project['name'])
   setenv('REPO_PATH', project['relpath'])
diff --git a/subcmds/init.py b/subcmds/init.py
index b73de71..dbb6ddd 100644
--- a/subcmds/init.py
+++ b/subcmds/init.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   import imp
   import urlparse
   urllib = imp.new_module('urllib')
-  urllib.parse = urlparse.urlparse
+  urllib.parse = urlparse
 
 from color import Coloring
 from command import InteractiveCommand, MirrorSafeCommand
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
       # server where this git is located, so let's save that here.
       mirrored_manifest_git = None
       if opt.reference:
-        manifest_git_path = urllib.parse(opt.manifest_url).path[1:]
+        manifest_git_path = urllib.parse.urlparse(opt.manifest_url).path[1:]
         mirrored_manifest_git = os.path.join(opt.reference, manifest_git_path)
         if not mirrored_manifest_git.endswith(".git"):
           mirrored_manifest_git += ".git"