diff --git a/rtv/terminal.py b/rtv/terminal.py
index 40555a4..4273958 100644
--- a/rtv/terminal.py
+++ b/rtv/terminal.py
@@ -52,8 +52,11 @@ class Terminal(object):
         self.loader = LoadScreen(self)
         self._display = None
 
-        # TODO: Load from custom location
-        self._mailcap_dict = mailcap.getcaps()
+        try:
+            self._mailcap_dict = mailcap.getcaps()
+        except IOError:
+            # Python 2 raises an error, python 3 does not
+            self._mailcap_dict = {}
 
     @property
     def up_arrow(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_objects.py b/tests/test_objects.py
index f745b3e..707562a 100644
--- a/tests/test_objects.py
+++ b/tests/test_objects.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def test_objects_load_screen_exception_handled(terminal, stdscr, use_ascii):
     assert not terminal.loader._is_running
     assert not terminal.loader._animator.is_alive()
     assert isinstance(terminal.loader.exception, requests.ConnectionError)
-    error_message = 'ConnectionError'.encode('ascii' if ascii else 'utf-8')
+    error_message = 'ConnectionError'.encode('ascii' if use_ascii else 'utf-8')
     stdscr.subwin.addstr.assert_called_with(1, 1, error_message)
 
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def test_objects_load_screen_nested_complex(terminal, stdscr, use_ascii):
     assert terminal.loader.depth == 0
     assert not terminal.loader._is_running
     assert not terminal.loader._animator.is_alive()
-    error_message = 'ConnectionError'.encode('ascii' if ascii else 'utf-8')
+    error_message = 'ConnectionError'.encode('ascii' if use_ascii else 'utf-8')
     stdscr.subwin.addstr.assert_called_once_with(1, 1, error_message)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_terminal.py b/tests/test_terminal.py
index 07584af..c53c577 100644
--- a/tests/test_terminal.py
+++ b/tests/test_terminal.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def test_terminal_clean_unescape_html(terminal, use_ascii):
     terminal.config['ascii'] = use_ascii
     text = terminal.clean('<')
     assert isinstance(text, six.binary_type)
-    assert text.decode('ascii' if ascii else 'utf-8') == '<'
+    assert text.decode('ascii' if use_ascii else 'utf-8') == '<'
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('use_ascii', [True, False])