diff --git a/disco/bot/command.py b/disco/bot/command.py
index b1f4c78..a301360 100644
--- a/disco/bot/command.py
+++ b/disco/bot/command.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import argparse
 
 from holster.enum import Enum
 
+from six import integer_types
+
 from disco.bot.parser import ArgumentSet, ArgumentError
 from disco.util.functional import cached_property
 
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ class Command(object):
                 return ctx.msg.client.state.users.select_one(username=uid[0], discriminator=uid[1])
 
         def resolve_channel(ctx, cid):
-            if isinstance(cid, (int, long)):
+            if isinstance(cid, integer_types):
                 return ctx.msg.guild.channels.get(cid)
             else:
                 return ctx.msg.guild.channels.select_one(name=cid)
diff --git a/disco/bot/parser.py b/disco/bot/parser.py
index e9cabfc..8283fc8 100644
--- a/disco/bot/parser.py
+++ b/disco/bot/parser.py
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ class ArgumentSet(object):
         value : str
             The string value to attempt conversion on.
         """
+        exc = None
         for typ_name in types:
             typ = self.types.get(typ_name)
             if not typ:
@@ -139,9 +140,10 @@ class ArgumentSet(object):
             try:
                 return typ(ctx, value)
             except Exception as e:
+                exc = e
                 continue
 
-        raise e
+        raise exc
 
     def append(self, arg):
         """
diff --git a/disco/gateway/sharder.py b/disco/gateway/sharder.py
index 99e8d1a..8fc9d0a 100644
--- a/disco/gateway/sharder.py
+++ b/disco/gateway/sharder.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import pickle
 import logging
 import marshal
 
+from six import integer_types, string_types
 from six.moves import range
 
 from disco.client import Client
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ class AutoSharder(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     def dumps(data):
-        if isinstance(data, (basestring, int, long, bool, list, set, dict)):
+        if isinstance(data, (string_types, integer_types, bool, list, set, dict)):
             return '\x01' + marshal.dumps(data)
         elif isinstance(data, object) and data.__class__.__name__ == 'code':
             return '\x01' + marshal.dumps(data)
diff --git a/disco/util/snowflake.py b/disco/util/snowflake.py
index a9aeb15..ad453a7 100644
--- a/disco/util/snowflake.py
+++ b/disco/util/snowflake.py
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ def from_datetime(date):
 
 
 def from_timestamp(ts):
-    return long(ts * 1000.0 - DISCORD_EPOCH) << 22
+    if six.PY3:
+        return int(ts * 1000.0 - DISCORD_EPOCH) << 22
+    else:
+        return long(ts * 1000.0 - DISCORD_EPOCH) << 22
 
 
 def to_snowflake(i):