diff --git a/jac/jaclang/runtimelib/importer.py b/jac/jaclang/runtimelib/importer.py
index 8d42a1edf7..e41c1c5782 100644
--- a/jac/jaclang/runtimelib/importer.py
+++ b/jac/jaclang/runtimelib/importer.py
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ def run_import(self, spec: ImportPathSpec) -> ImportReturn:
             loaded_items: list = []
             if spec.target.startswith("."):
                 spec.target = spec.target.lstrip(".")
+                if len(spec.target.split(".")) > 1:
+                    spec.target = spec.target.split(".")[-1]
                 full_target = path.normpath(path.join(spec.caller_dir, spec.target))
                 imp_spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
                     spec.target, full_target + ".py"
@@ -360,4 +362,4 @@ def run_import(
                 lang=spec.language,
             )
         self.result = import_return
-        return self.result
+        return self.result
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