diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e96e318d..2bcf567c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Stimuli ##
 
-Contains submoduls for
+Contains submodules for
 - creating different lightness illusions (lightness)
 - creating different textures (texture)
 - some helper functions for padding, resizing, computing Munsell values, and
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 18a26771..bd6c7b83 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,24 @@
 """
 Generation of stimuli for various psychophysical experiments
 
+Use example:
+
+> from stimuli.lightness import cornsweet
+>  cornsweet(...)
+
+or 
+
+> from stimuli import lightness
+> lightness.cornsweet(...)
+
+
+Available submodules:
+- lightness
+- texture
+- utils
+
 """
 
-import lightness
-import texture
-import utils
+#import lightness
+#import texture
+#import utils
diff --git a/texture/__init__.py b/texture/__init__.py
index f0b9f404..5e03c280 100644
--- a/texture/__init__.py
+++ b/texture/__init__.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 
 """
 
-import bricks, mondrian, random_circles
-from spatialprocess import hardcore
+#import bricks, mondrian, random_circles
+#from spatialprocess import hardcore