diff --git a/bot.py b/bot.py
index b794913..3c34950 100755
--- a/bot.py
+++ b/bot.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class Phenny(irc.Bot):
                             t.start()
                         else: self.call(func, origin, phenny, input)
 
-                        for source in [origin.sender, origin.nick]: 
+                        for source in [decode(origin.sender), decode(origin.nick)]: 
                             try: self.stats[(func.name, source)] += 1
                             except KeyError: 
                                 self.stats[(func.name, source)] = 1
diff --git a/irc.py b/irc.py
index 266ad04..9f3acd5 100755
--- a/irc.py
+++ b/irc.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class Bot(asynchat.async_chat):
 
     def __write(self, args, text=None): 
         # print '%r %r %r' % (self, args, text)
+        print(args, text)
         try: 
             if text is not None: 
                 self.push((b' '.join(args) + b' :' + text)[:512] + b'\r\n')
@@ -61,8 +62,7 @@ class Bot(asynchat.async_chat):
             pass
 
     def write(self, args, text=None): 
-        print(args, text)
-        # This is a safe version of __write
+        """This is a safe version of __write"""
         def safe(input): 
             input = input.replace('\n', '')
             input = input.replace('\r', '')
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ class Bot(asynchat.async_chat):
 
     def found_terminator(self): 
         line = self.buffer
+        print(line)
         if line.endswith(b'\r'): 
             line = line[:-1]
         self.buffer = b''
diff --git a/modules/calc.py b/modules/calc.py
index fcea71b..58b59e3 100755
--- a/modules/calc.py
+++ b/modules/calc.py
@@ -79,9 +79,8 @@ def c(phenny, input):
    parts = bytes.split('",')
    answer = [p for p in parts if p.startswith('rhs: "')][0][6:]
    if answer: 
-      answer = answer.decode('unicode-escape')
-      answer = ''.join(chr(ord(c)) for c in answer)
-      answer = answer.decode('utf-8')
+      #answer = ''.join(chr(ord(c)) for c in answer)
+      #answer = answer.decode('utf-8')
       answer = answer.replace('\xc2\xa0', ',')
       answer = answer.replace('<sup>', '^(')
       answer = answer.replace('</sup>', ')')
diff --git a/modules/weather.py b/modules/weather.py
index 1f0c908..4ecadcb 100755
--- a/modules/weather.py
+++ b/modules/weather.py
@@ -220,10 +220,10 @@ def f_weather(self, origin, match, args):
          description = 'Violent storm'
       else: description = 'Hurricane'
 
-      degrees = float(wind[0:3]
-      if degrees == 'VRB': 
-         degrees = '\u21BB'
-      elif (degrees <= 22.5) or (degrees > 337.5): 
+      degrees = float(wind[0:3])
+      #if degrees == 'VRB': 
+      #   degrees = '\u21BB'
+      if (degrees <= 22.5) or (degrees > 337.5): 
          degrees = '\u2191'
       elif (degrees > 22.5) and (degrees <= 67.5): 
          degrees = '\u2197'
diff --git a/phenny b/phenny
index 9a8857b..cf4a02b 100755
--- a/phenny
+++ b/phenny
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ from textwrap import dedent as trim
 dotdir = os.path.expanduser('~/.phenny')
 
 def check_python_version(): 
-   if sys.version_info < (2, 4): 
-      error = 'Error: Requires Python 2.4 or later, from www.python.org'
+   if sys.version_info < (3, 0): 
+      error = 'Error: Requires Python 3.0 or later, from www.python.org'
       print(error, file=sys.stderr)
       sys.exit(1)