diff --git a/chunked_upload/constants.py b/chunked_upload/constants.py
index dbc4a49..2875839 100644
--- a/chunked_upload/constants.py
+++ b/chunked_upload/constants.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
 
 class http_status:
diff --git a/chunked_upload/management/commands/delete_expired_uploads.py b/chunked_upload/management/commands/delete_expired_uploads.py
index 2f5fc1d..e434bf9 100644
--- a/chunked_upload/management/commands/delete_expired_uploads.py
+++ b/chunked_upload/management/commands/delete_expired_uploads.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.utils import timezone
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
 from chunked_upload.settings import EXPIRATION_DELTA
 from chunked_upload.models import ChunkedUpload
diff --git a/chunked_upload/views.py b/chunked_upload/views.py
index b09d28f..21bb29f 100644
--- a/chunked_upload/views.py
+++ b/chunked_upload/views.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def create_chunked_upload(self, save=False, **attrs):
         """
         chunked_upload = self.model(**attrs)
         # file starts empty
-        chunked_upload.file.save(name='', content=ContentFile(''), save=save)
+        chunked_upload.file.save(name='tmp', content=ContentFile(''), save=save)
         return chunked_upload
 
     def is_valid_chunked_upload(self, chunked_upload):
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ def _post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
             self.is_valid_chunked_upload(chunked_upload)
         else:
             attrs = {'filename': chunk.name}
-
             attrs.update(self.get_extra_attrs(request))
             chunked_upload = self.create_chunked_upload(save=False, **attrs)