diff --git a/ajaxuploader/views/base.py b/ajaxuploader/views/base.py
index 67e5f4d..6ab8dc1 100644
--- a/ajaxuploader/views/base.py
+++ b/ajaxuploader/views/base.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 except ImportError:
     from django.utils import simplejson as json
 
+import types
+
 from django.core.files.base import File
 from django.core.serializers.json import DjangoJSONEncoder
 
@@ -48,7 +50,13 @@ def _ajax_upload(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
                     # that each upload is a separate request, so FILES should
                     # only have one entry. Thus, we can just grab the first
                     # (and only) value in the dict.
-                    upload = request.FILES.values()[0]
+                    values = request.FILES.values()
+                    if isinstance(values, list):
+                        upload = values[0]
+                    elif isinstance(values, types.GeneratorType):
+                        upload =  values.__next__()
+                    else:
+                        raise NotImplementedError('unknown FILES type')
                 else:
                     raise Http404("Bad Upload")
                 filename = upload.name