diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index 1eefcdbe..2e994197 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
   Alex Tsai                `@caffodian`_
   Alvaro [Andor]           `@andor-pierdelacabeza`_
   Amjith Ramanujam         `@amjith`_
+  Andreas Meistad          `@ameistad`_
   Andres Gonzalez          `@andresgz`_
   Andrew Mikhnevich        `@zcho`_
   Andy Rose
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 846b0d3a..896d34be 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Answer the prompts with your own desired options_. For example::
     use_opbeat [n]: y
     use_pycharm [n]: y
     windows [n]: n
-    use_python2 [n]: n
+    use_python3 [y]: y
     use_docker [y]: n
     use_heroku [n]: y
     use_compressor [n]: y
diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 98167340..017a8226 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "use_opbeat": "n",
     "use_pycharm": "n",
     "windows": "n",
-    "use_python2": "n",
+    "use_python3": "y",
     "use_docker": "y",
     "use_heroku": "n",
     "use_compressor": "n",
diff --git a/docs/project-generation-options.rst b/docs/project-generation-options.rst
index be9eb0b4..c2b14e87 100644
--- a/docs/project-generation-options.rst
+++ b/docs/project-generation-options.rst
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ use_pycharm [n]
 windows [n]
     Whether you'll be developing on Windows.
 
-use_python2 [n]
+use_python3 [y]
     By default, the Python code generated will be for Python 3.x. But if you
-    answer `y` here, it will be legacy Python 2.7 code.
+    answer `n` here, it will be legacy Python 2.7 code.
 
 use_docker [y]
     Whether to use Docker_, separating the app and database into separate
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
index befee878..4001cbe3 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get install -qq libsqlite3-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libssl-dev libbz2-dev wget curl llvm
 language: python
 python:
-{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python3 == 'y' -%}
   - "3.5"
 {% else %}
   - "2.7"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/django/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/django/Dockerfile
index 0123c58a..91c2297d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/django/Dockerfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/django/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python3 == 'y' -%}
 FROM python:3.5
 {% else %}
 FROM python:2.7
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/django/Dockerfile-dev b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/django/Dockerfile-dev
index 5d0631d5..3390aa09 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/django/Dockerfile-dev
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/django/Dockerfile-dev
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python3 == 'y' -%}
 FROM python:3.5
 {% else %}
 FROM python:2.7
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 8c24ffb8..1de61b7b 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python3 == 'y' -%}
 # Wheel 0.25+ needed to install certain packages on CPython 3.5+
 # like Pillow and psycopg2
 # See http://bitly.com/wheel-building-fails-CPython-35
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/runtime.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/runtime.txt
index 036fc81f..94159178 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/runtime.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/runtime.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}python-3.5.1{% else %}python-2.7.10{%- endif %}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python3 == 'y' -%}python-3.5.1{% else %}python-2.7.10{%- endif %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_python_dependencies.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_python_dependencies.sh
index d23fcf9e..074bc192 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_python_dependencies.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_python_dependencies.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PROJECT_DIR="$(dirname "$WORK_DIR")"
 pip --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
     echo >&2 -e "\npip is required but it's not installed."
     echo >&2 -e "You can install it by running the following command:\n"
-{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python3 == 'y' -%}
     echo >&2 "wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py --output-document=get-pip.py; chmod +x get-pip.py; sudo -H python3 get-pip.py"
 {% else %}
     echo >&2 "wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py --output-document=get-pip.py; chmod +x get-pip.py; sudo -H python2 get-pip.py"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pip --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
 virtualenv --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
     echo >&2 -e "\nvirtualenv is required but it's not installed."
     echo >&2 -e "You can install it by running the following command:\n"
-{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python3 == 'y' -%}
     echo >&2 "sudo -H pip3 install virtualenv"
 {% else %}
     echo >&2 "sudo -H pip2 install virtualenv"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ virtualenv --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
 if [ -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
     echo >&2 -e "\nYou need activate a virtualenv first"
     echo >&2 -e 'If you do not have a virtualenv created, run the following command to create and automatically activate a new virtualenv named "venv" on current folder:\n'
-{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python3 == 'y' -%}
     echo >&2 -e "virtualenv venv --python=\`which python3\`"
 {% else %}
     echo >&2 -e "virtualenv venv --python=\`which python2\`"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-jessie.apt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-jessie.apt
index bee7d3c9..ba7efc3f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-jessie.apt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-jessie.apt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 build-essential
 #required to translate
 gettext
-{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python3 == 'y' -%}
 python3-dev
 {% else %}
 python-dev
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-trusty.apt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-trusty.apt
index 462af572..966e9576 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-trusty.apt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-trusty.apt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 build-essential
 #required to translate
 gettext
-{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python3 == 'y' -%}
 python3-dev
 {% else %}
 python-dev
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-xenial.apt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-xenial.apt
index 0688175b..157bdf20 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-xenial.apt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-xenial.apt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 build-essential
 #required to translate
 gettext
-{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python3 == 'y' -%}
 python3-dev
 {% else %}
 python-dev