diff --git a/whois/__init__.py b/whois/__init__.py
index e84b071..cae3d54 100644
--- a/whois/__init__.py
+++ b/whois/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # \ \_\\ \_\\"\_\\ \_\  \ \_\ 
 #  \/_/ \/_/ \/_/ \/_/   \/_/ 
 
-from whois import Whois as whois 
-import flags
+from .whois import Whois 
+# import flags
+from . import flags
 import parser
diff --git a/whois/whois.py b/whois/whois.py
index 234b893..0fba3d8 100644
--- a/whois/whois.py
+++ b/whois/whois.py
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import re
 import logging
 import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error 
 
-import error
-import flags
+from . import flags
+#import error
+#import flags
 
 class Whois(object):
 	def __init__(self, domain, debug=False):