diff --git a/wikiextractor/WikiExtractor.py b/wikiextractor/WikiExtractor.py
index c195a19..0dd112d 100755
--- a/wikiextractor/WikiExtractor.py
+++ b/wikiextractor/WikiExtractor.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 from multiprocessing import Queue, get_context, cpu_count
 from timeit import default_timer
 
-from .extract import Extractor, ignoreTag, define_template, acceptedNamespaces
+from extract import Extractor, ignoreTag, define_template, acceptedNamespaces
 
 # ===========================================================================