diff --git a/services/services-generator b/services/services-generator
index b2fed28..04fd5ed 100755
--- a/services/services-generator
+++ b/services/services-generator
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ class SystemdManager:
     @staticmethod
     def get_service_status_active(service):
         cmd = 'systemctl status -o short {} | grep "Active:"'.format(service)
-        lines = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True).splitlines()
+        lines = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, universal_newlines=True).splitlines()
         if not len(lines) == 1:
             logging.error('Incorrect out(service)put format for systemctl status: {}'.format(lines))
             return
-        return lines[0].split(' ')[1]
+        return lines[0].split()[1]
 
     @staticmethod
     def stop_service(service):
diff --git a/services/snap.py b/services/snap.py
index 1a62fd1..c945ba2 100644
--- a/services/snap.py
+++ b/services/snap.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def __init__(self, name):
 
     def _get_info(self):
         line = 'snap info {}'.format(self.name)
-        return subprocess.check_output(line, shell=True).splitlines()
+        return subprocess.check_output(line, shell=True, universal_newlines=True).splitlines()
 
     def _get_channel_info(self, line, channel):
         parts = line.split()
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ def get_info_by_channel(self):
             for channel in Snap.SUPPORTED_CHANNELS:
                 channel_id = '{}:'.format(channel)
                 if line.strip().startswith(channel_id):
-                    info[channel] = self._get_channel_info(line, channel)
+                    info[channel] = self._get_channel_info(line.strip(), channel)
 
         return info