diff --git a/whois/__init__.py b/whois/__init__.py
index cae3d54..17219fd 100644
--- a/whois/__init__.py
+++ b/whois/__init__.py
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 from .whois import Whois 
 # import flags
 from . import flags
-import parser
+from . import parser
diff --git a/whois/parser.py b/whois/parser.py
index 0c3130f..e450ec1 100644
--- a/whois/parser.py
+++ b/whois/parser.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # \ \_\   \ \_\ \_\\ \_\ \_\\/\_____\\ \_____\\ \_\ \_\ 
 #  \/_/    \/_/\/_/ \/_/ /_/ \/_____/ \/_____/ \/_/ /_/ 
 
-import error
+from . import error
 import re 
 import sys
 import os