diff --git a/ide_plugins/sublime_text/CoatiCommunicator/CoatiCommunicator.py b/ide_plugins/sublime_text/CoatiCommunicator/CoatiCommunicator.py
index 6484c8a3..c0481b78 100644
--- a/ide_plugins/sublime_text/CoatiCommunicator/CoatiCommunicator.py
+++ b/ide_plugins/sublime_text/CoatiCommunicator/CoatiCommunicator.py
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import sublime
 import sublime_plugin
-import SocketServer
 import threading
 import socket
 import os.path
 
+try:						# use this for Sublime Text 2
+	import SocketServer
+except ImportError:			# use this for Sublime Text 3
+	import socketserver as SocketServer
+
 MESSAGE_SPLIT_STRING = ">>"
 
 
@@ -15,14 +19,15 @@ def setCursorPosition(filePath, row, col):
 		sublime.active_window().open_file(filePath + ":" + str(row) + ":" + str(col), sublime.ENCODED_POSITION)
 	else:
 		sublime.error_message("Coati is trying to jump to a file that does not exist: " + filePath)
-	
+
 
 class ConnectionHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler): # This class is instantiated once per connection to the server
 	def handle(self):
-		self.data = self.request.recv(1024).strip()
-		eom_index = self.data.find("<EOM>")
+		data = self.request.recv(1024).strip()
+		text = data.decode('utf-8')
+		eom_index = text.find("<EOM>")
 		if (not eom_index == 0):
-			message_string = self.data[0:eom_index]
+			message_string = text[0:eom_index]
 			message_fields = message_string.split(MESSAGE_SPLIT_STRING)
 			if (message_fields[0] == "moveCursor"):
 				sublime.set_timeout(lambda: setCursorPosition(message_fields[1], int(message_fields[2]), int(message_fields[3]) + 1), 0)
@@ -67,7 +72,6 @@ class SetActiveTokenCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
 		row += 1 # rows returned by rowcol() are 0-based.
 
 		message = "setActiveToken" + MESSAGE_SPLIT_STRING + filePath + MESSAGE_SPLIT_STRING + str(row) + MESSAGE_SPLIT_STRING + str(col) + "<EOM>"
-		print(message)
 
 		settings = sublime.load_settings('CoatiCommunicator.sublime-settings')
 		host_ip = settings.get('host_ip')
diff --git a/ide_plugins/sublime_text/readme.txt b/ide_plugins/sublime_text/readme.txt
index 0ec794ed..3a4ad976 100644
--- a/ide_plugins/sublime_text/readme.txt
+++ b/ide_plugins/sublime_text/readme.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-how to install:
+How to Install:
 
-Just copy and past this "CoatiCommunicator" folder into your Packages folder of Sublime Text.
-You can find that folder from within Sublime via the menu: Preferences -> Browse Packages... 
\ No newline at end of file
+Just copy and past this "CoatiCommunicator" folder into your Packages folder of Sublime Text. (You can find 
+that folder from within Sublime via the menu: Preferences -> Browse Packages...). Restart Sublime before 
+starting to use the plugin.