diff --git a/examples/flaskr/README b/examples/flaskr/README
index 3cb021e74e..90860ff2c9 100644
--- a/examples/flaskr/README
+++ b/examples/flaskr/README
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
       3. Instruct flask to use the right application
 
-         export FLASK_APP=flaskr.flaskr
+         export FLASK_APP=flaskr
 
       4. initialize the database with this command:
 
diff --git a/examples/flaskr/flaskr/__init__.py b/examples/flaskr/flaskr/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2..14a3653930 100644
--- a/examples/flaskr/flaskr/__init__.py
+++ b/examples/flaskr/flaskr/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from flaskr import app
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