diff --git a/dartwrf/link_dart_rttov.py b/dartwrf/link_dart_rttov.py
index 6c733554ec5cb7b26569c8a9e591515b8e873ab8..ceee2d830361e14462a7ff500c3609c726cffec9 100644
--- a/dartwrf/link_dart_rttov.py
+++ b/dartwrf/link_dart_rttov.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from config.cfg import exp
 from config.cluster import cluster
-from utils import symlink, copy_scp_srvx8, copy, sed_inplace
+from dartwrf.utils import symlink, copy_scp_srvx8, copy, sed_inplace
 
 joinp = os.path.join
 
diff --git a/dartwrf/prep_IC_prior.py b/dartwrf/prep_IC_prior.py
index c832ffd596071f9a98f16682385f693b0836a32e..cff04dc097096770fa7b4163b96887c691bf3388 100755
--- a/dartwrf/prep_IC_prior.py
+++ b/dartwrf/prep_IC_prior.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import numpy as np
 
 from config.cfg import exp
 from config.cluster import cluster
-from utils import copy, clean_wrfdir, try_remove
+from dartwrf.utils import copy, clean_wrfdir, try_remove
 
 """
 Sets initial condition data (wrfinput/wrfrst file) in the run_WRF directory for each ensemble member 
diff --git a/dartwrf/prepare_namelist.py b/dartwrf/prepare_namelist.py
index 8b5a05e92fe0f8a6087fc8fb6e4b70eb2d08b8cd..85bf245c95737f10aeb094f4ffd827bd3f3d5d08 100755
--- a/dartwrf/prepare_namelist.py
+++ b/dartwrf/prepare_namelist.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from docopt import docopt
 
 from config.cfg import exp
 from config.cluster import cluster
-from utils import sed_inplace, copy, symlink, mkdir
+from dartwrf.utils import sed_inplace, copy, symlink, mkdir
 
 def run(iens, begin, end, hist_interval=5, radt=5, archive=True,
         restart=False, restart_interval=720):
diff --git a/dartwrf/prepare_wrfrundir.py b/dartwrf/prepare_wrfrundir.py
index 87c22450e5a6ac13b4de61cdf2da5a32880d0d2e..d38cedab19e661032c48f11987faa570c1a68dab 100755
--- a/dartwrf/prepare_wrfrundir.py
+++ b/dartwrf/prepare_wrfrundir.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import datetime as dt
 
 from config.cfg import exp
 from config.cluster import cluster
-from utils import symlink, copy, link_contents
+from dartwrf.utils import symlink, copy, link_contents
 import prepare_namelist
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/dartwrf/run_obs_diag.py b/dartwrf/run_obs_diag.py
index 9598a8eeadccca993d4cacb68796187e3992813c..4df596fe42ad863fe2d90efda4b95ca1dfdfc893 100644
--- a/dartwrf/run_obs_diag.py
+++ b/dartwrf/run_obs_diag.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os, sys, shutil, glob
 
 from config.cfg import exp
 from config.cluster import cluster
-from utils import symlink, copy, sed_inplace, append_file, shell
+from dartwrf.utils import symlink, copy, sed_inplace, append_file, shell
 
 rundir_program = '/home/fs71386/lkugler/data/run_DART/'