diff --git a/GPy/inference/mcmc/__init__.py b/GPy/inference/mcmc/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..956448d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GPy/inference/mcmc/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from hmc import HMC
diff --git a/GPy/inference/optimization/__init__.py b/GPy/inference/optimization/__init__.py
index 1590568f..1a8f043b 100644
--- a/GPy/inference/optimization/__init__.py
+++ b/GPy/inference/optimization/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 from scg import SCG
 from optimization import *
-from hmc import HMC,HMC_shortcut