diff --git a/filelisting.sh b/filelisting.sh
index a2a148adc..7de8cdbdc 100755
--- a/filelisting.sh
+++ b/filelisting.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ doRequest () {
 }
 
 doUrlEncode () {
-  python -c "import urllib; print urllib.quote_plus('''${1}''')"
+  python3 -c "import urllib.parse; print(urllib.parse.quote_plus('''${1}'''))"
 }
 
 doFilesRequest () {
diff --git a/files.sh b/files.sh
index 36093b167..2a6ef681a 100755
--- a/files.sh
+++ b/files.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ doFullRequest () {
 }
 
 doUrlEncode () {
-  python -c "import urllib; print urllib.quote_plus('''${1}''')"
+  python3 -c "import urllib.parse; print(urllib.parse.quote_plus('''${1}'''))"
 }
 
 isValidPageResult () {
diff --git a/listing.sh b/listing.sh
index c85c9f1d5..d617e9d09 100755
--- a/listing.sh
+++ b/listing.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ doRequest () {
 }
 
 doUrlEncode () {
-  python -c "import urllib; print urllib.quote_plus('''${1}''')"
+  python3 -c "import urllib.parse; print(urllib.parse.quote_plus('''${1}'''))"
 }
 
 doCategoryRequest () {
diff --git a/mirror.sh b/mirror.sh
index df330d2c7..aaf67c0ec 100755
--- a/mirror.sh
+++ b/mirror.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ doRequest () {
 }
 
 doUrlEncode () {
-  python -c "import urllib; print urllib.quote_plus('''${1}''')"
+  python3 -c "import urllib.parse; print(urllib.parse.quote_plus('''${1}'''))"
 }
 
 doPageRequest () {