diff --git a/petrarch/PETRreader.py b/petrarch/PETRreader.py
index 13de553..e7d1791 100644
--- a/petrarch/PETRreader.py
+++ b/petrarch/PETRreader.py
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@
 except ImportError:
     from configparser import ConfigParser
 
-
-from . import PETRglobals
-from . import utilities
+import PETRglobals
+import utilities
 
 """
 CONVERTING TABARI DICTIONARIES TO PETRARCH FORMAT
diff --git a/petrarch/PETRwriter.py b/petrarch/PETRwriter.py
index a08d64c..318517e 100644
--- a/petrarch/PETRwriter.py
+++ b/petrarch/PETRwriter.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from . import utilities
+import utilities
 
 
 def write_events(event_dict, output_file):
diff --git a/petrarch/petrarch.py b/petrarch/petrarch.py
index cad0e0f..4ba93a7 100644
--- a/petrarch/petrarch.py
+++ b/petrarch/petrarch.py
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 import argparse
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
-from . import PETRglobals  # global variables
-from . import PETRreader  # input routines
-from . import PETRwriter
-from . import utilities
+import PETRglobals  # global variables
+import PETRreader  # input routines
+import PETRwriter
+import utilities
 
 
 # ================================  PARSER/CODER GLOBALS  ================== #
diff --git a/petrarch/utilities.py b/petrarch/utilities.py
index d0333f7..e0694c5 100644
--- a/petrarch/utilities.py
+++ b/petrarch/utilities.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import logging
 import corenlp
 import dateutil.parser
-from . import PETRglobals
+import PETRglobals
 from collections import defaultdict, Counter