diff --git a/v2/bin/ansible-playbook b/v2/bin/ansible-playbook
index 8e80966ed7..d977124979 100755
--- a/v2/bin/ansible-playbook
+++ b/v2/bin/ansible-playbook
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
 
 import os
 import stat
@@ -136,11 +137,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     #display(" ", log_only=True)
     try:
         sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
-    except AnsibleError, e:
+    except AnsibleError as e:
         #display("ERROR: %s" % e, color='red', stderr=True)
         print(e)
         sys.exit(1)
-    except KeyboardInterrupt, ke:
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
         #display("ERROR: interrupted", color='red', stderr=True)
         print("keyboard interrupt")
         sys.exit(1)