diff --git a/action_plugins/commonlib.py b/action_plugins/commonlib.py
index df4506e..ef7963d 100644
--- a/action_plugins/commonlib.py
+++ b/action_plugins/commonlib.py
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ def inject_qubes(inject):
             pass
         elif vmtype == "ProxyVM":
             add(flags, "proxy")
+        elif vmtype == "DispVM":
+            pass
         elif vmtype == "TemplateVM":
             try:
                 qubes["source"] = qubes["template"]
diff --git a/action_plugins/qubesformation.py b/action_plugins/qubesformation.py
index b6369cd..d975592 100644
--- a/action_plugins/qubesformation.py
+++ b/action_plugins/qubesformation.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class ActionModule(template):
         qubesdata = commonlib.inject_qubes(task_vars)
         task_vars["vms"] = generate_datastructure(qubesdata, task_vars)
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as x:
-            x.write(contents)
+            x.write(contents.encode())
             x.flush()
             self._task.args['src'] = x.name
             retval = template.run(self, tmp, task_vars)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class ActionModule(template):
                 return retval
     
             with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as y:
-                y.write(topcontents)
+                y.write(topcontents.encode())
                 y.flush()
 
                 # Create new tmp path -- the other was blown away.
diff --git a/bin/bombshell-client b/bin/bombshell-client
index 73ea314..940dcfd 100755
--- a/bin/bombshell-client
+++ b/bin/bombshell-client
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ def main_master():
     assert remote_command
 
     def anypython(exe):
-        return "` test -x %s && echo %s || echo python`" % (
+        return "` test -x %s && echo %s || echo python3`" % (
             quote(exe),
             quote(exe),
         )
diff --git a/connection_plugins/qubes.py b/connection_plugins/qubes.py
index 85f7380..5dbbde6 100644
--- a/connection_plugins/qubes.py
+++ b/connection_plugins/qubes.py
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         if not self._connected:
             remote_cmd = [to_bytes(x, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for x in [
                 # 'strace', '-s', '2048', '-o', '/tmp/log',
-                 'python', '-u', '-i', '-c', preamble
+                 'python3', '-u', '-i', '-c', preamble
             ]]
             addr = self._play_context.remote_addr
             proxy = to_bytes(self.get_option("management_proxy")) if self.get_option("management_proxy") else ""