diff --git a/tools/startup.py b/tools/startup.py
index 4638e0d115e..1bffacc4778 100644
--- a/tools/startup.py
+++ b/tools/startup.py
@@ -1,47 +1,46 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-
 print
-print "checking for nltk"
+print("checking for nltk")
 try:
     import nltk
 except ImportError:
-    print "you should install nltk before continuing"
+    print("you should install nltk before continuing")
 
-print "checking for numpy"
+print("checking for numpy")
 try:
     import numpy
 except ImportError:
-    print "you should install numpy before continuing"
+    print("you should install numpy before continuing")
 
-print "checking for scipy"
+print("checking for scipy")
 try:
     import scipy
 except:
-    print "you should install scipy before continuing"
+    print("you should install scipy before continuing")
 
-print "checking for sklearn"
+print("checking for sklearn")
 try:
     import sklearn
 except:
-    print "you should install sklearn before continuing"
+    print("you should install sklearn before continuing")
 
 print
-print "downloading the Enron dataset (this may take a while)"
-print "to check on progress, you can cd up one level, then execute <ls -lthr>"
-print "Enron dataset should be last item on the list, along with its current size"
-print "download will complete at about 423 MB"
-import urllib
+print("downloading the Enron dataset (this may take a while)")
+print("to check on progress, you can cd up one level, then execute <ls -lthr>")
+print("Enron dataset should be last item on the list, along with its current size")
+print("download will complete at about 423 MB")
+import urllib.request
 url = "https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./enron/enron_mail_20150507.tar.gz"
-urllib.urlretrieve(url, filename="../enron_mail_20150507.tar.gz") 
-print "download complete!"
+urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, filename="../enron_mail_20150507.tar.gz") 
+print("download complete!")
 
 
 print
-print "unzipping Enron dataset (this may take a while)"
+print("unzipping Enron dataset (this may take a while)")
 import tarfile
 import os
 os.chdir("..")
 tfile = tarfile.open("enron_mail_20150507.tar.gz", "r:gz")
 tfile.extractall(".")
 
-print "you're ready to go!"
+print("you're ready to go!")