diff --git a/contrib/playerInspect.py b/contrib/playerInspect.py
index c9bcedd..3b24060 100644
--- a/contrib/playerInspect.py
+++ b/contrib/playerInspect.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 Very basic player.dat inspection script
 """
 
-import sys, os
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import os
+import sys
 
 # incantation to be able to import overviewer_core
 if not hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
@@ -11,29 +14,34 @@ if not hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
 from overviewer_core.nbt import load
 from overviewer_core import items
 
-def print_player(data, sub_entry=False):
 
+def print_player(data, sub_entry=False):
     indent = ""
     if sub_entry:
         indent = "\t"
-    print "%sPosition:\t%i, %i, %i\t(dim: %i)" % (indent,
-            data['Pos'][0], data['Pos'][1], data['Pos'][2], data['Dimension'])
+    print("%sPosition:\t%i, %i, %i\t(dim: %i)"
+          % (indent, data['Pos'][0], data['Pos'][1], data['Pos'][2], data['Dimension']))
     try:
-        print "%sSpawn:\t\t%i, %i, %i" % (indent,
-                data['SpawnX'], data['SpawnY'], data['SpawnZ'])
+        print("%sSpawn:\t\t%i, %i, %i"
+              % (indent, data['SpawnX'], data['SpawnY'], data['SpawnZ']))
     except KeyError:
         pass
-    print "%sHealth:\t%i\tLevel:\t\t%i\t\tGameType:\t%i" % (indent,
-            data['Health'], data['XpLevel'], data['playerGameType'])
-    print "%sFood:\t%i\tTotal XP:\t%i" % (indent,
-            data['foodLevel'], data['XpTotal'])
-    print "%sInventory: %d items" % (indent, len(data['Inventory']))
+    print("%sHealth:\t%i\tLevel:\t\t%i\t\tGameType:\t%i"
+          % (indent, data['Health'], data['XpLevel'], data['playerGameType']))
+    print("%sFood:\t%i\tTotal XP:\t%i"
+          % (indent, data['foodLevel'], data['XpTotal']))
+    print("%sInventory: %d items" % (indent, len(data['Inventory'])))
     if not sub_entry:
         for item in data['Inventory']:
-            print "  %-3d %s" % (item['Count'], items.id2item(item['id']))
+            print("  %-3d %s" % (item['Count'], items.id2item(item['id'])))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    print "Inspecting %s" % sys.argv[1]
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2 or len(sys.argv) > 3:
+        print("Usage: {} <Player .dat or directory> [selected player]"
+              .format(sys.argv[0]), file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    print("Inspecting %s" % sys.argv[1])
 
     if os.path.isdir(sys.argv[1]):
         directory = sys.argv[1]
@@ -44,11 +52,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         for player_file in os.listdir(directory):
             player = player_file.split(".")[0]
             if selected_player in [None, player]:
-                print
-                print player
+                print("")
+                print(player)
                 data  = load(os.path.join(directory, player_file))[1]
                 print_player(data, sub_entry=(selected_player is None))
     else:
         data  = load(sys.argv[1])[1]
         print_player(data)
-
diff --git a/contribManager.py b/contribManager.py
index 1bfe059..aa4fc26 100755
--- a/contribManager.py
+++ b/contribManager.py
@@ -1,29 +1,25 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python2
 
-# The contrib manager is used to help control the contribs script 
-# that are shipped with overviewer in Windows packages
+"""The contrib manager is used to help control the contrib scripts
+that are shipped with overviewer in Windows packages."""
+
+from __future__ import print_function
 
-import sys
-import os.path
 import ast
+import os.path
+import sys
 
-# incantation to be able to import overviewer_core
-if not hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
-    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], '.')))
-
-from overviewer_core import nbt
-
-scripts=dict( # keys are names, values are scripts
-        convertCyrillic = "cyrillic_convert.py",
-        playerInspect   = "playerInspect.py",
-        rerenderBlocks  = "rerenderBlocks.py",
-        testRender      = "testRender.py",
-        validate        = "validateRegionFile.py",
-        pngit           = "png-it.py",
-        gallery         = "gallery.py",
-        regionTrimmer   = "regionTrimmer.py",
-        contributors    = "contributors.py"
-        )
+scripts = {     # keys are names, values are scripts
+    "convertCyrillic":  "cyrillic_convert.py",
+    "playerInspect":    "playerInspect.py",
+    "rerenderBlocks":   "rerenderBlocks.py",
+    "testRender":       "testRender.py",
+    "validate":         "validateRegionFile.py",
+    "pngit":            "png-it.py",
+    "gallery":          "gallery.py",
+    "regionTrimmer":    "regionTrimmer.py",
+    "contributors":     "contributors.py"
+}
 
 # you can symlink or hardlink contribManager.py to another name to have it
 # automatically find the right script to run.  For example:
@@ -33,18 +29,18 @@ scripts=dict( # keys are names, values are scripts
 
 
 # figure out what script to execute
-argv=os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+argv = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
 
 if argv[-4:] == ".exe":
-    argv=argv[0:-4]
+    argv = argv[0:-4]
 if argv[-3:] == ".py":
-    argv=argv[0:-3]
+    argv = argv[0:-3]
 
 
-usage="""Usage:
+usage = """Usage:
 %s --list-contribs | <script name> <arguments>
 
-Executes a contrib script.  
+Executes a contrib script.
 
 Options:
   --list-contribs           Lists the supported contrib scripts
@@ -59,29 +55,28 @@ else:
         for contrib in scripts.keys():
             # use an AST to extract the docstring for this module
             script = scripts[contrib]
-            with open(os.path.join("contrib",script)) as f:
+            with open(os.path.join("contrib", script)) as f:
                 d = f.read()
-            node=ast.parse(d, script);
+            node = ast.parse(d, script)
             docstring = ast.get_docstring(node)
             if docstring:
                 docstring = docstring.strip().splitlines()[0]
             else:
-                docstring="(no description found.  add one by adding a docstring to %s)" % script
-            print "%s : %s" % (contrib, docstring)
+                docstring = "(No description found. Add one by adding a docstring to %s.)" % script
+            print("%s : %s" % (contrib, docstring))
         sys.exit(0)
     if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] in scripts.keys():
         script = scripts[sys.argv[1]]
         sys.argv = [script] + sys.argv[2:]
     else:
-        print usage
+        print(usage, file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
 
 
 torun = os.path.join("contrib", script)
 
 if not os.path.exists(torun):
-    print "Script '%s' is missing!" % script
+    print("Script '%s' is missing!" % script, file=sys.stderr)
     sys.exit(1)
 
 execfile(torun)
-
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 182c76f..a0f2211 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [pycodestyle]
 max_line_length = 100
-ignore = E221,E222,E741,W503,W504
+ignore = E221,E222,E241,E741,W503,W504
 statistics = True
 [isort]
 line_length = 100