diff --git a/wicd/misc.py b/wicd/misc.py
index d24fc96..f2439e1 100644
--- a/wicd/misc.py
+++ b/wicd/misc.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import locale
 import sys
 import re
 import string
-import gobject
+from gi.repository import GObject as gobject
 from threading import Thread
 from subprocess import Popen, STDOUT, PIPE, call
 from subprocess import getoutput
diff --git a/wicd/translations.py b/wicd/translations.py
index 2f37449..3c25ec9 100644
--- a/wicd/translations.py
+++ b/wicd/translations.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def get_gettext():
     langs += ["en_US"]
     lang = gettext.translation('wicd', local_path, languages=langs, 
                                fallback=True)
-    return lang.ugettext
+    return lang.gettext
 
 _ = get_gettext()