diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5466812..4079b1f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # hdfs_modules
 
+cloned from https://github.com/BROADSoftware/hdfs_modules
+
 This ansible role host a set of modules aimed to manipulate file and directory on HDFS (The Hadoop Distributed File System).
 
 * hdfs\_file: Equivalent of the ansible files/file module, but on HDFS. Doc [at this location](docs/hdfs_file.txt)
diff --git a/library/hdfs_cmd.py b/library/hdfs_cmd.py
index f2d1317..2252bb2 100644
--- a/library/hdfs_cmd.py
+++ b/library/hdfs_cmd.py
@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@
 try:
     import requests
     HAS_REQUESTS = True
-except ImportError, AttributeError:
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+except AttributeError:
     # AttributeError if __version__ is not present
     pass
 
diff --git a/library/hdfs_file.py b/library/hdfs_file.py
index 3d14b26..8e6b72b 100644
--- a/library/hdfs_file.py
+++ b/library/hdfs_file.py
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@
 try:
     import requests
     HAS_REQUESTS = True
-except ImportError, AttributeError:
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+except AttributeError:
     # AttributeError if __version__ is not present
     pass
 
@@ -393,7 +395,7 @@ def main():
             except Exception:
                 error("mode must be in octal form")
     
-        p.mode = oct(p.mode).lstrip("0")
+        p.mode = '%03o' % p.mode
         if p.mode == '':        # Thanks Jocelyn
             p.mode = '0'
         #print '{ mode_type: "' + str(type(p.mode)) + '",  mode_value: "' + str(p.mode) + '"}'
diff --git a/library/hdfs_info.py b/library/hdfs_info.py
index 7dfccef..a9fdb87 100644
--- a/library/hdfs_info.py
+++ b/library/hdfs_info.py
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@
 try:
     import requests
     HAS_REQUESTS = True
-except ImportError, AttributeError:
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+except AttributeError:
     # AttributeError if __version__ is not present
     pass
 
diff --git a/library/hdfs_put.py b/library/hdfs_put.py
index d4dbe45..0588ee7 100644
--- a/library/hdfs_put.py
+++ b/library/hdfs_put.py
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@
 try:
     import requests
     HAS_REQUESTS = True
-except ImportError, AttributeError:
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+except AttributeError:
     # AttributeError if __version__ is not present
     pass
 
@@ -379,14 +381,14 @@ def checkParameters(p):
                 p.mode = int(p.mode, 8)
             except Exception:
                 error("mode must be in octal form")
-        p.mode = oct(p.mode)
+        p.mode = '%03o' % p.mode
     if p.directoryMode != None:
         if not isinstance(p.directoryMode, int):
             try:
                 p.directoryMode = int(p.directoryMode, 8)
             except Exception:
                 error("directoryMode must be in octal form")
-        p.directoryMode = oct(p.directoryMode)
+        p.directoryMode = '%03o' % p.directoryMode
         #print '{ mode_type: "' + str(type(p.directoryMode)) + '",  directoryMode_value: "' + str(p.directoryMode) + '"}'
 
     if not p.hdfsDest.startswith("/"):
@@ -481,14 +483,14 @@ def buildLocalTree(rroot):
             f = {}
             f['size'] = stat.st_size
             f['modificationTime'] = int(stat.st_mtime)
-            f['mode'] = "0" + oct(stat.st_mode)[-3:]
+            f['mode'] = "0" + ('%03o' % stat.st_mode)[-3:]
             fileMap[key] = f
         for dirName in dirs:
             key = os.path.join(root, dirName)[prefLen:]
             path = os.path.join(rroot, key)
             stat = os.stat(path)
             f = {}
-            f['mode'] = "0" + oct(stat.st_mode)[-3:]
+            f['mode'] = "0" + ('%03o' % stat.st_mode)[-3:]
             dirMap[key] = f
     tree['files'] = fileMap
     tree['directories'] = dirMap
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index bb8f108..69eafe2 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 # Required by hdfs_file, hdfs_cmd and hdfs_info
 
 - name: Install python-requests and python-requests-kerberos for hdfs_xxxxx ansibles modules (RedHat)
-  yum: name=python-requests,python-requests-kerberos state=present
+  yum: name=python3-requests,python3-requests-kerberos state=present
   when: ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
 
 - name: Install python-requests and python-requests-kerberos for hdfs_xxxxx ansibles modules (Debian)
-  apt: name=python-requests,python-requests-kerberos state=present
+  apt: name=python3-requests,python3-requests-kerberos state=present
   when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
-  
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+