diff --git a/easyocr/recognition.py b/easyocr/recognition.py
index 530ef9517e2..70ce6120daf 100644
--- a/easyocr/recognition.py
+++ b/easyocr/recognition.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 from collections import OrderedDict
 import importlib
-from .utils import CTCLabelConverter
+from utils import CTCLabelConverter
 import math
 
 def custom_mean(x):