diff --git a/GPy/core/model.py b/GPy/core/model.py
index 0137f4a5..a0628c42 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
-import GPy.likelihoods
+from .. import likelihoods
 
 class model(parameterised):
     def __init__(self):