diff --git a/src/wuttjamaican/conf.py b/src/wuttjamaican/conf.py
index 9013d57..c6a8877 100644
--- a/src/wuttjamaican/conf.py
+++ b/src/wuttjamaican/conf.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class WuttaConfig:
 
         # configure main app DB if applicable, or disable usedb flag
         try:
-            from .db import Session, get_engines
+            from wuttjamaican.db import Session, get_engines
         except ImportError:
             if self.usedb:
                 log.warning("config created with `usedb = True`, but can't import "
diff --git a/tests/test_conf.py b/tests/test_conf.py
index c310981..791da49 100644
--- a/tests/test_conf.py
+++ b/tests/test_conf.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ preferdb = true
         orig_import = __import__
 
         def mock_import(name, *args, **kwargs):
-            if name == 'db':
+            if name == 'wuttjamaican.db':
                 raise ImportError
             return orig_import(name, *args, **kwargs)