diff --git a/addon/globalPlugins/emoticons/__init__.py b/addon/globalPlugins/emoticons/__init__.py
index 3c3c350..4c77305 100644
--- a/addon/globalPlugins/emoticons/__init__.py
+++ b/addon/globalPlugins/emoticons/__init__.py
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class EmoticonFilter(object):
 	def filter(self, emoticonsList, pattern):
 		"""Filters the input list with the specified pattern."""
 		if pattern == "": return emoticonsList
-		else: return filter(lambda emoticon: pattern.upper() in emoticon.name.upper(), emoticonsList)
+		else: return list(filter(lambda emoticon: pattern.upper() in emoticon.name.upper(), emoticonsList))
 
 class FilterStandard(EmoticonFilter):
 	"""Filter just for standard emoticons."""
diff --git a/buildVars.py b/buildVars.py
index eea44d4..3158eec 100644
--- a/buildVars.py
+++ b/buildVars.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	# Translators: Long description to be shown for this add-on on add-on information from add-ons manager
 	"addon_description" : _("Enables the announcement of emoticon names instead of the character Representation."),
 	# version
-	"addon_version" : "12.0-dev",
+	"addon_version" : "12.1-dev",
 	# Author(s)
 	"addon_author" : u"Chris Leo <llajta2012@gmail.com>, Noelia Ruiz Martínez <nrm1977@gmail.com>, Mesar Hameed <mhameed@src.gnome.org>, Francisco Javier Estrada Martínez <Fjestrad@hotmail.com>",
 	# URL for the add-on documentation support