diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7a9955d..ce21e45 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ python:
   - pypy
 env:
   - INFLUXDB_VERSION=1.2.0
+allow_failures:
+  - python: 2.6
 before_install:
   - pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
   - wget https://dl.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb_${INFLUXDB_VERSION}_amd64.deb
diff --git a/influxgraph/utils.py b/influxgraph/utils.py
index e7b05d4..6529eac 100644
--- a/influxgraph/utils.py
+++ b/influxgraph/utils.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def _retrieve_named_field_data(infl_data, measurement_data, measurement, tags, _
         split_path = []
         _make_path_from_template(
             split_path, measurement,
-            measurement_data[measurement]['template'], tags.items(),
+            measurement_data[measurement]['template'], list(tags.items()),
             separator=separator)
         split_path = [p[1] for p in heapsort(split_path)]
         split_path.append(field)
diff --git a/tests/test_influxdb_integration.py b/tests/test_influxdb_integration.py
index d4a62b7..f3649f3 100644
--- a/tests/test_influxdb_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_influxdb_integration.py
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ def test_find_branch(self):
                 (self.end_time - datetime.timedelta(minutes=2)).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"),
                 ]]
         self.assertTrue(self.client.write_points(data))
-        # import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
         self.finder.build_index()
         query = Query(prefix + '.*')
         # Test getting leaf nodes with wildcard