diff --git a/pokedex/db/markdown.py b/pokedex/db/markdown.py
index f6c10a3..c8e3d8d 100644
--- a/pokedex/db/markdown.py
+++ b/pokedex/db/markdown.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class PokedexLinkPattern(markdown.inlinepatterns.Pattern):
 
     Handles matches using factory
     """
-    regex = ur'(?x) \[ ([^]]*) \] \{ ([-a-z0-9]+) : ([-a-z0-9 ]+) \}'
+    regex = u'(?x) \\[ ([^]]*) \\] \\{ ([-a-z0-9]+) : ([-a-z0-9 ]+) \\}'
 
     def __init__(self, factory, session, string_language=None, game_language=None):
         markdown.inlinepatterns.Pattern.__init__(self, self.regex)
diff --git a/pokedex/db/multilang.py b/pokedex/db/multilang.py
index 1ef29cf..128ff5d 100644
--- a/pokedex/db/multilang.py
+++ b/pokedex/db/multilang.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def create_translation_table(_table_name, foreign_class, relation_name,
     # Add ye columns
     # Column objects have a _creation_order attribute in ascending order; use
     # this to get the (unordered) kwargs sorted correctly
-    kwitems = kwargs.items()
+    kwitems = list(kwargs.items())
     kwitems.sort(key=lambda kv: kv[1]._creation_order)
     for name, column in kwitems:
         column.name = name
diff --git a/pokedex/db/tables.py b/pokedex/db/tables.py
index 85d45c8..f09a920 100644
--- a/pokedex/db/tables.py
+++ b/pokedex/db/tables.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class TableSuperclass(object):
         if not pk_constraint:
             return u"<%s object at %x>" % (typename, id(self))
 
-        pk = u', '.join(unicode(getattr(self, column.name))
+        pk = u', '.join(u'{0}'.format(getattr(self, column.name))
             for column in pk_constraint.columns)
         try:
             return u"<%s object (%s): %s>" % (typename, pk, self.identifier)
@@ -64,10 +64,12 @@ class TableSuperclass(object):
             return u"<%s object (%s)>" % (typename, pk)
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return unicode(self).encode('utf8')
+       return str(self.__unicode__().encode('ASCII', 'replace')
+           .decode('ASCII'))
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return unicode(self).encode('utf8')
+       return str(self.__unicode__().encode('ASCII', 'replace')
+           .decode('ASCII'))
 
 mapped_classes = []
 class TableMetaclass(DeclarativeMeta):