diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 57e279f..3c25d1c 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 
-from . import models
-from .database import engine
+import models
+from database import engine
 
 # This line tells SQLAlchemy to create all the tables based on the models
 # we defined. It will create the `multichat_overlay.db` file with the
diff --git a/models.py b/models.py
index 7a1923d..e64b077 100644
--- a/models.py
+++ b/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String, Text, ForeignKey
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 
-from .database import Base
+from database import Base
 
 class User(Base):
     __tablename__ = "users"