diff --git a/sourcecodebrowser.plugin b/sourcecodebrowser.plugin
index c929aca..f3945c1 100644
--- a/sourcecodebrowser.plugin
+++ b/sourcecodebrowser.plugin
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [Plugin]
-Loader=python
+Loader=python3
 Module=sourcecodebrowser
 IAge=3
 Name=Source Code Browser
diff --git a/sourcecodebrowser/__init__.py b/sourcecodebrowser/__init__.py
index b302f1f..2b0d2fd 100644
--- a/sourcecodebrowser/__init__.py
+++ b/sourcecodebrowser/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+import sys, os
+
+path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
+if not path in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, path)
+
 import plugin
 from plugin import SourceCodeBrowserPlugin
 
+
diff --git a/sourcecodebrowser/ctags.py b/sourcecodebrowser/ctags.py
index 7e978c6..15d188f 100644
--- a/sourcecodebrowser/ctags.py
+++ b/sourcecodebrowser/ctags.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def parse(self, command, executable=None):
         #args = [arg.replace('%20', ' ') for arg in shlex.split(command)] 
         args = shlex.split(command)
         p = subprocess.Popen(args, 0, shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, executable=executable)
-        symbols = self._parse_text(p.communicate()[0])
+        symbols = self._parse_text(p.communicate()[0].decode("utf-8"))
     
     def _parse_text(self, text):
         """