diff --git a/README b/README
index abe1686..6b380b1 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- updated to avoid clash with stdlib collections, this surfaced when
+  using together with numpy.
+
 == ABOUT ==
 
 The q package is a q connection library implemented in Python.
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index bfa65ad..67564e0 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-from collections import q_list as list
-from collections import table
-from collections import q_dict as dict
+from qcollections import q_list as list
+from qcollections import table
+from qcollections import q_dict as dict
 from qtypes import q_str as str
 from qtypes import month, date, datetime, time, minute, second
 from conn import conn
diff --git a/collections.py b/qcollections.py
similarity index 100%
rename from collections.py
rename to qcollections.py