diff --git a/pycirculate/anova.py b/pycirculate/anova.py
index 3d39c25..8540416 100644
--- a/pycirculate/anova.py
+++ b/pycirculate/anova.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from bluepy import btle
 import datetime
+import sys
 
 class AnovaDelegate(btle.DefaultDelegate):
     """
@@ -59,7 +60,11 @@ def close(self):
 
     def _send_command(self, command):
         command = "{0}\r".format(command)
-        self.characteristic.write(command)
+        if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+            self.characteristic.write(command)
+        else:
+            self.characteristic.write(bytes(command, 'UTF-8'))
+
 
     def _read(self):
         #self.characteristic.read()
@@ -71,7 +76,10 @@ def _read(self):
     def send_command_async(self, command):
         self._send_command(command)
         _, output = self._read()
-        return output.strip()
+        if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+            return output.strip()
+        return output.strip().decode('UTF-8')
+
 
     ##### Temperature commands
 
@@ -248,8 +256,4 @@ def set_date(self, date=None):
         if not date:
             date = datetime.datetime.now()
         command = "set date {}".format(date.strftime("%y %m %d %H %M"))
-        return self.send_command_async(command)
-
-
-
-        
+        return self.send_command_async(command)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 47a7081..3610c73 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-bluepy==1.0.3
+bluepy==1.1.4
 flask==0.10.1