diff --git a/cloudbot.py b/cloudbot.py
index c02d2a0..4afaa11 100644
--- a/cloudbot.py
+++ b/cloudbot.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 import time
 
 # set up enviroment
-sys.path += ['plugins', 'lib', 'core']  # add stuff to the sys.path for easy imports
+sys.path += ['plugins', 'lib']  # add stuff to the sys.path for easy imports
 os.chdir(sys.path[0] or '.')  # do stuff relative to the install directory
 
 print 'CloudBot REFRESH <http://git.io/cloudbotirc>'
diff --git a/core/bot.py b/core/bot.py
index 828ed73..02d2706 100644
--- a/core/bot.py
+++ b/core/bot.py
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ import time
 import logging
 import re
 import os
-import sys
 
-import config
-import irc
+from core import config, irc
 
 
 def clean_name(n):