diff --git a/wmdocklib/pywmgeneral.c b/wmdocklib/pywmgeneral.c
index 457dd42..476dd5a 100644
--- a/wmdocklib/pywmgeneral.c
+++ b/wmdocklib/pywmgeneral.c
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
  *
  * History:
  *
+ * 2024-09-08 Fredrick W. Warren
+ * Ported from python 2 to python 3
+ *
  * 2003-06-24 Kristoffer Erlandsson
  * Added some additional event handling.
  *
@@ -29,10 +32,11 @@
  *
 */
 
-#include <Python.h>
-#include "structmember.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
+#include <Python.h>
+#include "structmember.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -83,11 +87,12 @@ char **pyListToStrs(PyObject *l) {
         s = PySequence_GetItem(l, i);
         if (s == NULL)
             return NULL; /* Shouldn't happen. */
-        if (!PyString_Check(s)) {
+        if (!PyUnicode_Check(s)) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "String expected.");
             return NULL;
         }
-        target[i] = PyString_AsString(s);
+        // target[i] = strdup(PyUnicode_AsString(s));
+        target[i] = strdup(PyUnicode_AsUTF8(s));
     }
     return target;
 }
@@ -363,8 +368,7 @@ static PyMethodDef Drawable_methods[] = {
 };
 
 static PyTypeObject drawable_DrawableType = {
-    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
-    0,                         /*ob_size*/
+    PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
     "pyywmgeneral.Drawable",             /*tp_name*/
     sizeof(drawable_DrawableObject),             /*tp_basicsize*/
     0,                         /*tp_itemsize*/
@@ -787,23 +791,29 @@ void openXwindow(int argc, char *argv[], char *pixmap_bytes[], char *pixmask_bit
     }
 }
 
-#ifndef PyMODINIT_FUNC	/* declarations for DLL import/export */
-#define PyMODINIT_FUNC void
-#endif
+static struct PyModuleDef pywmgeneral_module = {
+    PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,  /* m_base */
+    "pywmgeneral",          /* m_name */
+    NULL,                   /* m_doc */
+    -1,                     /* m_size */
+    PyWmgeneralMethods      /* m_methods */
+};
 
 PyMODINIT_FUNC
-initpywmgeneral(void) {
+PyInit_pywmgeneral(void)
+{
     PyObject* m;
   
     drawable_DrawableType.tp_new = PyType_GenericNew;
     if (PyType_Ready(&drawable_DrawableType) < 0)
-        return;
+        return NULL;
   
-    m = Py_InitModule3("pywmgeneral", PyWmgeneralMethods,
-                       "base C module for wmdocklib");
+    m = PyModule_Create(&pywmgeneral_module);
     if (m == NULL)
-        return;
+        return NULL;
 
     Py_INCREF(&drawable_DrawableType);
     PyModule_AddObject(m, "Drawable", (PyObject *)&drawable_DrawableType);
+
+    return m;
 }