diff --git a/CoT.py b/CoT.py
index cfe9dd3..e36ae73 100644
--- a/CoT.py
+++ b/CoT.py
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@
 
 DATETIME_FMT = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
 
+
 class CursorOnTarget:
 
-    def atoms(__self, unit):
+    @staticmethod
+    def atoms(unit):
         timer = dt.datetime
         now = timer.utcnow()
         zulu = now.strftime(DATETIME_FMT)
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ def atoms(__self, unit):
         evt_attr = {
             "version": "2.0",
             "uid": cot_id,
+            "how": "m-g",
             "time": zulu,
             "start": zulu,
             "stale": stale,
@@ -73,21 +76,24 @@ def atoms(__self, unit):
             "ce": "10",    #unit["ce"],
             "le": "10"     #unit["le"]1
         }
-    
+
         cot = ET.Element('event', attrib=evt_attr)
         ET.SubElement(cot, 'detail')
-        ET.SubElement(cot,'point', attrib=pt_attr)
-    
-        cot_xml = '<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>' + ET.tostring(cot)
+        ET.SubElement(cot, 'point', attrib=pt_attr)
+
+        cot_xml = '<?xml version="1.0"?>' + ET.tostring(cot, encoding='unicode')
+
         return cot_xml
 
-    def pushUDP(__self, ip_address, port, cot_xml):
+    @staticmethod
+    def pushUDP(ip_address, port, cot_xml):
         sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
-        sent = sock.sendto(cot_xml, (ip_address, port))
+        sent = sock.sendto(bytes(cot_xml, 'utf-8'), (ip_address, port))
         return sent
 
-    def pushTCP(__self, ip_address, port, cot_xml):
+    @staticmethod
+    def pushTCP(ip_address, port, cot_xml):
         sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
         conn = sock.connect((ip_address, port))
-        return sock.send(cot_xml)
+        return sock.send(bytes(cot_xml, 'utf-8'))
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 46c437c..123860b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@ type is MIL-STD-2525 function code in CoT format (single letters separated by hy
 
 Sample output data:
 ```
-<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <event
 	version="2.0"
 	uid="J-01334"
-	type="a-h-G"
+	how="m-g"
 	time="2017-10-30T11:43:38.07Z"
 	start="2017-10-30T11:43:38.07Z"
-	stale="2017-10-30T11:55:38.07Z">
+	stale="2017-10-30T11:55:38.07Z"
+	type="a-h-G">
 		<detail></detail>
 		<point
 			lat="30.0090027"
diff --git a/testCoT.py b/testCoT.py
index 3348dec..e82c33d 100644
--- a/testCoT.py
+++ b/testCoT.py
@@ -18,20 +18,19 @@
 }
 
 for i in range(0, 10):
-    params["lat"] = params["lat"] + i/10000.0
-    params["lon"] = params["lon"] + i/10000.0
-    print "Params:\n" + str(params)
+    #    params["lat"] = params["lat"] + i/10000.0
+    #    params["lon"] = params["lon"] + i/10000.0
+    print("Params:\n" + str(params))
     cot = CoT.CursorOnTarget()
     cot_xml = cot.atoms(params)
 
+    print("\nXML message:")
+    print(cot_xml)
 
-    print "\nXML message:"
-    print cot_xml
-    
-    print "\nPushing to ATAK..."
+    print("\nPushing to ATAK...")
     if ATAK_PROTO == "TCP":
-      sent = cot.pushTCP(ATAK_IP, ATAK_PORT, cot_xml)
-    else
-      sent = cot.pushUDP(ATAK_IP, ATAK_PORT, cot_xml)
-    print str(sent) + " bytes sent to " + ATAK_IP + " on port " + str(ATAK_PORT)
+        sent = cot.pushTCP(ATAK_IP, ATAK_PORT, cot_xml)
+    else:
+        sent = cot.pushUDP(ATAK_IP, ATAK_PORT, cot_xml)
+    print(str(sent) + " bytes sent to " + ATAK_IP + " on port " + str(ATAK_PORT))
     time.sleep(2)