diff --git a/gvanim/__init__.py b/gvanim/__init__.py
index 61ada71..3439171 100644
--- a/gvanim/__init__.py
+++ b/gvanim/__init__.py
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 # "GraphvizAnim". If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from .animation import Animation
-from .render import render, gif
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from gvanim.animation import Animation
+from gvanim.render import render, gif
diff --git a/gvanim/__main__.py b/gvanim/__main__.py
index 24c9dba..57e4ef4 100644
--- a/gvanim/__main__.py
+++ b/gvanim/__main__.py
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 # "GraphvizAnim". If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, FileType
 from sys import stdin
 
-from . import animation, render
+from gvanim import Animation, render, gif
 
 def main():
 
@@ -28,9 +30,9 @@ def main():
 	parser.add_argument( 'basename', help = 'The basename of the generated file' )
 	args = parser.parse_args()
 
-	ga = animation.Animation()
+	ga = Animation()
 	ga.parse( args.animation )
-	render.gif( render.render( ga.graphs(), args.basename, 'png' ), args.basename, args.delay )
+	gif( render( ga.graphs(), args.basename, 'png' ), args.basename, args.delay )
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 	main()
diff --git a/gvanim/action.py b/gvanim/action.py
index 4bb6bf2..d152ec2 100644
--- a/gvanim/action.py
+++ b/gvanim/action.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ class NextStep( object ):
 	def __init__( self, clean = False ):
 		self.clean = clean
 	def __call__( self, steps ):
-		from . import animation
-		steps.append( animation.Step( None if self.clean else steps[ -1 ] ) )
+		from gvanim.animation import Step
+		steps.append( Step( None if self.clean else steps[ -1 ] ) )
 
 class AddNode( object ):
 	def __init__( self, v ):
@@ -103,4 +103,3 @@ def __call__( self, steps ):
 			del steps[ -1 ].hE[ ( self.u, self.v ) ]
 		except KeyError:
 			pass
-
diff --git a/gvanim/animation.py b/gvanim/animation.py
index 836c2c7..33a0748 100644
--- a/gvanim/animation.py
+++ b/gvanim/animation.py
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 # "GraphvizAnim". If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from email.utils import quote
 import shlex
 
-from . import action
+from gvanim import action
 
 class ParseException( Exception ):
 	pass
diff --git a/gvanim/jupyter.py b/gvanim/jupyter.py
index 5645134..c8779d2 100644
--- a/gvanim/jupyter.py
+++ b/gvanim/jupyter.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 # "GraphvizAnim". If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from os.path import join
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from shutil import rmtree
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@
 from IPython.display import Image
 import ipywidgets as widgets
 
-from .render import render
+from gvanim import render
 
 def interactive( animation, size = 320 ):
 	basedir = mkdtemp()
diff --git a/gvanim/render.py b/gvanim/render.py
index 69aabcd..f8fe1b1 100644
--- a/gvanim/render.py
+++ b/gvanim/render.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 # "GraphvizAnim". If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT, call
 from multiprocessing import Pool, cpu_count
 
diff --git a/tests/action.pyc b/tests/action.pyc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7eb72f
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