--- a/messages/urls.py	Mon Dec 14 20:42:20 2015 -0600
+++ b/messages/urls.py	Tue Dec 15 21:01:07 2015 -0600
@@ -1,36 +1,39 @@
 """urls for the Messages application"""
-from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
+from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView
 
-urlpatterns = patterns('',
+import messages.views
+
+
+urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^$',
         RedirectView.as_view(permanent=True, url='/messages/inbox/'),
         name='messages-index'),
     url(r'^inbox/$',
-        'messages.views.inbox',
+        messages.views.inbox,
         name='messages-inbox'),
     url(r'^compose/$',
-        'messages.views.compose',
+        messages.views.compose,
         name='messages-compose'),
     url(r'^outbox/$',
-        'messages.views.outbox',
+        messages.views.outbox,
         name='messages-outbox'),
     url(r'^trash/$',
-        'messages.views.trash',
+        messages.views.trash,
         name='messages-trash'),
     url(r'^options/$',
-        'messages.views.options',
+        messages.views.options,
         name='messages-options'),
     url(r'^bulk/$',
-        'messages.views.bulk',
+        messages.views.bulk,
         name='messages-bulk'),
     url(r'^undelete/$',
-        'messages.views.undelete',
+        messages.views.undelete,
         name='messages-undelete'),
     url(r'^view/(\d+)/$',
-        'messages.views.view',
+        messages.views.view,
         name='messages-view'),
     url(r'^report/(\d+)/$',
-        'messages.views.report',
+        messages.views.report,
         name='messages-report'),
-)
+]