diff --git a/gitlab_host.py b/gitlab_host.py
index aa130a853bc63a70c11908f517393370ff7d067e..7c389a3f9e34f8be5c9c76045de29d154882a883 100644
--- a/gitlab_host.py
+++ b/gitlab_host.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 RETURN = '''# '''
 
 from subprocess import call
-import string
 
 try:
     import gitlab
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ def main():
                 'namespace_id': cgroup.id,
             })
             # Add remote repo to etckeeper git repo
-            cmd = ['git', 'remote', 'add', 'origin', '%s:ansible-inventories/hosts/%s/%s.git' % (string.replace(server_url, 'https://', 'git@'), company, hostname)]
+            cmd = ['git', 'remote', 'add', 'origin', '%s:ansible-inventories/hosts/%s/%s.git' % (server_url.replace('https://', 'git@'), company, hostname)]
             call(cmd, cwd='/etc')
 
         project = git.projects.get(gproject.id) # type: gitlab.Project
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ def main():
             'can_push': True,
         })
     except Exception as e:
-        module.fail_json(msg="Creating new host project failed: %s" % e.message, response=e)
+        module.fail_json(msg="Creating new host project failed: %s" % str(e), response=e)
         return
 
     module.exit_json(changed=changed, result="Successfully created project %s/ansible-inventories/hosts/%s/%s" % (server_url, company, hostname))