diff --git a/gooey/gui/components/widgets/basictextconsole.py b/gooey/gui/components/widgets/basictextconsole.py
index d2841f5..26952bd 100644
--- a/gooey/gui/components/widgets/basictextconsole.py
+++ b/gooey/gui/components/widgets/basictextconsole.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ import wx
 
 class BasicTextConsole(wx.TextCtrl):
     def __init__(self, parent):
-        super().__init__(parent, -1, "", style=wx.TE_MULTILINE | wx.TE_READONLY | wx.TE_RICH)
+        super(BasicTextConsole, self).__init__(parent, -1, "", style=wx.TE_MULTILINE | wx.TE_READONLY | wx.TE_RICH)