diff --git a/pymap/__init__.py b/pymap/__init__.py
index 1a3fe64..d93d3c8 100644
--- a/pymap/__init__.py
+++ b/pymap/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-from .pymap import pyMAP
+from pymap.pymap import pyMAP
+
diff --git a/pymap/pymap.py b/pymap/pymap.py
index f831549..d4b0f3e 100644
--- a/pymap/pymap.py
+++ b/pymap/pymap.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 import os
 
 
-from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_var
+from sysconfig import get_config_var
 
 from sys import platform
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ def initLib(cls, dllFileName=None):
                     libext = '.dll'
 
             maplib = '_libmap' + libext
-            dllFileName = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) + os.path.sep + maplib
+            dllFileName = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + os.path.sep + maplib
 
         # Load the library and setup C-interfaces
         lib = setupLib(dllFileName)