diff --git a/GPy/core/model.py b/GPy/core/model.py
index a0628c42..3ac8d622 100644
--- a/GPy/core/model.py
+++ b/GPy/core/model.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from parameterised import parameterised, truncate_pad
 import priors
 from ..util.linalg import jitchol
 from ..inference import optimization
-from .. import likelihoods
+from GPy import likelihoods
 
 class model(parameterised):
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index ed7e5f65..69fde65e 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ class Mock(object):
         else:
             return Mock()
 
-#sys.path.append("../GPy")
 #import mock
 
 print "Mocking"
@@ -115,10 +114,9 @@ for mod_name in MOCK_MODULES:
 # ----------------------- READTHEDOCS ------------------
 on_rtd = os.environ.get('READTHEDOCS', None) == 'True'
 
-import GPy
-
 if on_rtd:
-    sys.path.append("../GPy")
+    sys.path.insert(0, os.getcwd() + "/../GPy")
+    #sys.path.append("../GPy")
     os.system("pwd")
     os.system("sphinx-apidoc -f -o . ../GPy")
     #os.system("cd ..")