diff --git a/mqtt_srv.py b/mqtt_srv.py
index 4bbf4e4..a31296d 100755
--- a/mqtt_srv.py
+++ b/mqtt_srv.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import ctypes
 import getopt
 import random
 import requests
-import ConfigParser
+from backports import configparser
+
 config = configparser.ConfigParser()
 config.read(r'mqtt_srv.cfg')