diff --git a/src/morse/builder/setup.py b/src/morse/builder/setup.py
index 99fde0d1b..46b57e12d 100644
--- a/src/morse/builder/setup.py
+++ b/src/morse/builder/setup.py
@@ -333,6 +333,9 @@ def test(contr):
         if os.path.exists(os.path.join(dir, "morse/blender/main.py")):
             sys.path.append(os.path.join(dir, "morse/blender"))
             sys.path.append(os.path.join(dir, "morse/blender/human_interaction"))
+            import imp
+            import morse.core.blenderapi
+            imp.reload(morse.core.blenderapi)
             return
     print ("MORSE ERROR: could not find the MORSE libraries. Please run 'morse check' from the command line to solve this issue.")
     print ("Exiting the simulation!")