diff --git a/symposion/boxes/models.py b/symposion/boxes/models.py
index 4eb2a01964f9e527511866d16c6dd67c7c4554a7..d9e57bd73bfb3f6c93ffc0857c13560c73a72492 100644
--- a/symposion/boxes/models.py
+++ b/symposion/boxes/models.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.db import models
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
 
 import reversion
 
 from markitup.fields import MarkupField
 
 
+@python_2_unicode_compatible
 class Box(models.Model):
 
     label = models.CharField(max_length=100, db_index=True)
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@ class Box(models.Model):
     created_by = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name="boxes")
     last_updated_by = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name="updated_boxes")
 
-    def __unicode__(self):
+    def __str__(self):
         return self.label
 
     class Meta: