diff --git a/python/akantu/__init__.py b/python/akantu/__init__.py
index d20b1ee67..00a25300d 100644
--- a/python/akantu/__init__.py
+++ b/python/akantu/__init__.py
@@ -1,60 +1,60 @@
 import scipy.sparse as _aka_sparse
 import numpy as _aka_np
-import .py11_akantu
+from . import py11_akantu as _py11_akantu
 
-private_keys = set(dir(py11_akantu)) - set(dir())
+private_keys = set(dir(_py11_akantu)) - set(dir())
 
 for k in private_keys:
-    globals()[k] = getattr(py11_akantu, k)
+    globals()[k] = getattr(_py11_akantu, k)
 
-if py11_akantu.has_mpi():
+if _py11_akantu.has_mpi():
     try:
         from mpi4py import MPI  # noqa: F401
     except Exception:
         pass
 
 
 def initialize(*args, **kwargs):
     raise RuntimeError("No need to call initialize,"
                        " use parseInput to read an input file")
 
 
 def finalize(*args, **kwargs):
     raise RuntimeError("No need to call finalize")
 
 
 class AkantuSparseMatrix (_aka_sparse.coo_matrix):
 
     def __init__(self, aka_sparse):
 
         self.aka_sparse = aka_sparse
         matrix_type = self.aka_sparse.getMatrixType()
         sz = self.aka_sparse.size()
         row = self.aka_sparse.getIRN()[:, 0] - 1
         col = self.aka_sparse.getJCN()[:, 0] - 1
         data = self.aka_sparse.getA()[:, 0]
 
         row = row.copy()
         col = col.copy()
         data = data.copy()
 
-        if matrix_type == py11_akantu._symmetric:
+        if matrix_type == _py11_akantu._symmetric:
             non_diags = (row != col)
             row_sup = col[non_diags]
             col_sup = row[non_diags]
             data_sup = data[non_diags]
             col = _aka_np.concatenate((col, col_sup))
             row = _aka_np.concatenate((row, row_sup))
             data = _aka_np.concatenate((data, data_sup))
 
         _aka_sparse.coo_matrix.__init__(
             self, (data, (row, col)), shape=(sz, sz))
 
 
-FromStress = py11_akantu.FromHigherDim
-FromTraction = py11_akantu.FromSameDim
-py11_akantu.__initialize()
+FromStress = _py11_akantu.FromHigherDim
+FromTraction = _py11_akantu.FromSameDim
+_py11_akantu.__initialize()
 
 from ._version import get_versions  # NOQA(402@)
 __version__ = get_versions()['version']
 del get_versions