diff --git a/meeting b/meeting
index 6142e73..a466721 100755
--- a/meeting
+++ b/meeting
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-
+from __future__ import print_function
 #
 # A simple tool to manage the discuss meetings.
 #
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ def list_meetings():
         meetings = [ "%s [%s]" % ( entry['displayname'], ", ".join(entry['names']) )
                 for entry in rcfile.entries.values() if entry['hostname'] == server ]
         meetings.sort()
-        print "--- Meetings on %s ---" % server
+        print("--- Meetings on %s ---" % server)
         for meeting in meetings:
-            print "* %s" % meeting
-        print ""
+            print("* %s" % meeting)
+        print("")
 
 def get_meeting(name):
     rcfile = discuss.RCFile()
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ def list_acl():
     acl = meeting.get_acl()
     acl.sort(key = lambda acl: acl[0])
 
-    print "%s   Principal" % acl_flags
-    print "%s   ---------" % ("-" * len(acl_flags))
+    print("%s   Principal" % acl_flags)
+    print("%s   ---------" % ("-" * len(acl_flags)))
     for principal, modes in acl:
-        print "%s   %s" % (modes, principal)
+        print("%s   %s" % (modes, principal))
 
 def set_acl():
     meeting = get_meeting(args.meeting)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def complete():
 
     meetings = [entry['displayname'] for entry in rcfile.entries.values() if entry['displayname'].startswith(args.prefix)]
     meetings.sort()
-    print " ".join( meetings )
+    print(" ".join( meetings ))
 
 def parse_args():
     global args
diff --git a/ndsc b/ndsc
index 9d056af..0b8209f 100755
--- a/ndsc
+++ b/ndsc
@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@ def format_transaction_row(trn, width):
 
     def truncate_column(text, maxlen):
         if len(text) <= maxlen:
-            return pad(text, maxlen)
+            return str(pad(text, maxlen))
         else:
-            return text[0:maxlen-1] + '…'
+            # python 2 can't concatenate unicode and str-containing-unicode
+            return str(text[0:maxlen-1]) + '…'
 
     number_column = pad(str(trn.number), number_column_len, True)
     sender_column = truncate_column(trn.signature, sender_column_len)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2058c2e..cb1ec60 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(name='discuss-ng',
-      version='1.1.1',
+      version='1.2',
       description='User interface front-end to the discuss network forum system',
       author='Victor Vasiliev',
       scripts=['meeting', 'ndsc']