diff --git a/complaintManager/pdf_utils.py b/complaintManager/pdf_utils.py
index 8fa773d980f19dc39537d8f4930d19e67428ec91..4ad8ed9dad98f6187273c6508735e1ad5607a299 100644
--- a/complaintManager/pdf_utils.py
+++ b/complaintManager/pdf_utils.py
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import datetime
 from reportlab.lib import utils
 import os.path
 from django.conf import settings
-import urllib.parse
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlparse
+except ImportError:
+     from urlparse import urlparse
 
 
 class PdfPrint: