diff --git a/openphoto/__init__.py b/openphoto/__init__.py
index 67eb995..b2523cf 100644
--- a/openphoto/__init__.py
+++ b/openphoto/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-from .openphoto_http import OpenPhotoHttp
-from .errors import *
-from . import api_photo
-from . import api_tag
-from . import api_album
+from openphoto.openphoto_http import OpenPhotoHttp
+from openphoto.errors import *
+import openphoto.api_photo
+import openphoto.api_tag
+import openphoto.api_album
 
 LATEST_API_VERSION = 2
 
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ class OpenPhoto(OpenPhotoHttp):
                                consumer_key, consumer_secret,
                                token, token_secret, api_version)
 
-        self.photos = api_photo.ApiPhotos(self)
-        self.photo = api_photo.ApiPhoto(self)
-        self.tags = api_tag.ApiTags(self)
-        self.tag = api_tag.ApiTag(self)
-        self.albums = api_album.ApiAlbums(self)
-        self.album = api_album.ApiAlbum(self)
+        self.photos = openphoto.api_photo.ApiPhotos(self)
+        self.photo = openphoto.api_photo.ApiPhoto(self)
+        self.tags = openphoto.api_tag.ApiTags(self)
+        self.tag = openphoto.api_tag.ApiTag(self)
+        self.albums = openphoto.api_album.ApiAlbums(self)
+        self.album = openphoto.api_album.ApiAlbum(self)
diff --git a/openphoto/api_album.py b/openphoto/api_album.py
index 96a31b3..819a947 100644
--- a/openphoto/api_album.py
+++ b/openphoto/api_album.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from .errors import *
-from .objects import Album
+from openphoto.errors import *
+from openphoto.objects import Album
 
 class ApiAlbums:
     def __init__(self, client):
diff --git a/openphoto/api_photo.py b/openphoto/api_photo.py
index 033febc..e5c366b 100644
--- a/openphoto/api_photo.py
+++ b/openphoto/api_photo.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import base64
 
-from .errors import *
-from .objects import Photo
+from openphoto.errors import *
+from openphoto.objects import Photo
 
 class ApiPhotos:
     def __init__(self, client):
diff --git a/openphoto/api_tag.py b/openphoto/api_tag.py
index be393c0..c23d803 100644
--- a/openphoto/api_tag.py
+++ b/openphoto/api_tag.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from .errors import *
-from .objects import Tag
+from openphoto.errors import *
+from openphoto.objects import Tag
 
 class ApiTags:
     def __init__(self, client):
diff --git a/openphoto/config_files.py b/openphoto/config_files.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..772f7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openphoto/config_files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import os
+try:
+    from configparser import ConfigParser # Python3
+except ImportError:
+    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser as ConfigParser # Python2
+try:
+    import io # Python3
+except ImportError:
+    import StringIO as io # Python2
+
+def get_config_path(config_file):
+    config_path = os.getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
+    if not config_path:
+        config_path = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'), ".config")
+    if not config_file:
+        config_file = "default"
+    return os.path.join(config_path, "openphoto", config_file)
+
+def read_config(config_path):
+    """
+    Loads config data from the specified file path.
+    If config_file doesn't exist, returns an empty authentication config for localhost.
+    """
+    section = "DUMMY"
+    defaults = {'host': 'localhost',
+                'consumerKey': '', 'consumerSecret': '',
+                'token': '', 'tokenSecret':'',
+                }
+    # Insert an section header at the start of the config file, so ConfigParser can understand it
+    buf = io.StringIO()
+    buf.write('[%s]\n' % section)
+    with io.open(config_path, "r") as f:
+        buf.write(f.read())
+
+    buf.seek(0, os.SEEK_SET)
+    parser = ConfigParser()
+    parser.optionxform = str # Case-sensitive options
+    try:
+        parser.read_file(buf) # Python3
+    except AttributeError:
+        parser.readfp(buf) # Python2
+
+    # Trim quotes
+    config = parser.items(section)
+    config = [(item[0].replace('"', ''), item[1].replace('"', '')) for item in config]
+    config = [(item[0].replace("'", ""), item[1].replace("'", "")) for item in config]
+    config = dict(config)
+
+    # Apply defaults
+    for key in defaults:
+        if key not in config:
+            config[key] = defaults[key]
+
+    return config
diff --git a/openphoto/main.py b/openphoto/main.py
index a2f944b..0bc8c59 100644
--- a/openphoto/main.py
+++ b/openphoto/main.py
@@ -2,13 +2,9 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import string
+import json
 from optparse import OptionParser
 
-try:
-    import json
-except ImportError:
-    import simplejson as json
-
 from openphoto import OpenPhoto
 
 #################################################################
diff --git a/openphoto/objects.py b/openphoto/objects.py
index f333847..235c96f 100644
--- a/openphoto/objects.py
+++ b/openphoto/objects.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 try:
-	from urllib.parse import quote # Python3
+    from urllib.parse import quote # Python3
 except ImportError:
-	from urllib import quote # Python2
+    from urllib import quote # Python2
 from .errors import *
 
 class OpenPhotoObject:
diff --git a/openphoto/openphoto_http.py b/openphoto/openphoto_http.py
index 7824bad..b7857e6 100644
--- a/openphoto/openphoto_http.py
+++ b/openphoto/openphoto_http.py
@@ -1,36 +1,26 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import sys
 import os
-try:
-    from urllib.parse import urlunparse # Python3
-except ImportError:
-    from urlparse import urlunparse # Python2
 import requests
 import requests_oauthlib
 import logging
 try:
-    import io # Python3
+    from urllib.parse import urlunparse # Python3
 except ImportError:
-    import StringIO as io # Python2
-try:
-    from configparser import ConfigParser # Python3
-except ImportError:
-    from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser as ConfigParser # Python2
+    from urlparse import urlunparse # Python2
+
+from openphoto.objects import OpenPhotoObject
+from openphoto.errors import *
+import openphoto.config_files
 
 if sys.version < '3':
-    text_type = unicode # Python2
-else:
-    text_type = str # Python3
-
-from .objects import OpenPhotoObject
-from .errors import *
-
-if sys.version < '3':
-	# requests_oauth needs to decode to ascii for Python2
+    text_type = unicode
+    # requests_oauth needs to decode to ascii for Python2
     _oauth_decoding = "utf-8"
 else:
-	# requests_oauth needs to use (unicode) strings for Python3
-    _oauth_decoding = None # Python3
+    text_type = str
+    # requests_oauth needs to use (unicode) strings for Python3
+    _oauth_decoding = None
 
 DUPLICATE_RESPONSE = {"code": 409,
                       "message": "This photo already exists"}
@@ -55,8 +45,8 @@ class OpenPhotoHttp:
         self._logger = logging.getLogger("openphoto")
 
         if host is None:
-            self.config_path = self._get_config_path(config_file)
-            config = self._read_config(self.config_path)
+            self._config_path = openphoto.config_files.get_config_path(config_file)
+            config = openphoto.config_files.read_config(self._config_path)
             self._host = config['host']
             self._consumer_key = config['consumerKey']
             self._consumer_secret = config['consumerSecret']
@@ -237,49 +227,3 @@ class OpenPhotoHttp:
             return []
         else:
             return result
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _get_config_path(config_file):
-        config_path = os.getenv('XDG_CONFIG_HOME')
-        if not config_path:
-            config_path = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'), ".config")
-        if not config_file:
-            config_file = "default"
-        return os.path.join(config_path, "openphoto", config_file)
-
-    def _read_config(self, config_file):
-        """
-        Loads config data from the specified file.
-        If config_file doesn't exist, returns an empty authentication config for localhost.
-        """
-        section = "DUMMY"
-        defaults = {'host': 'localhost',
-                    'consumerKey': '', 'consumerSecret': '',
-                    'token': '', 'tokenSecret':'',
-                    }
-        # Insert an section header at the start of the config file, so ConfigParser can understand it
-        buf = io.StringIO()
-        buf.write('[%s]\n' % section)
-        with io.open(config_file, "r") as f:
-            buf.write(f.read())
-
-        buf.seek(0, os.SEEK_SET)
-        parser = ConfigParser()
-        parser.optionxform = str # Case-sensitive options
-        try:
-            parser.read_file(buf) # Python3
-        except AttributeError:
-            parser.readfp(buf) # Python2
-
-        # Trim quotes
-        config = parser.items(section)
-        config = [(item[0].replace('"', ''), item[1].replace('"', '')) for item in config]
-        config = [(item[0].replace("'", ""), item[1].replace("'", "")) for item in config]
-        config = dict(config)
-
-        # Apply defaults
-        for key in defaults:
-            if key not in config:
-                config[key] = defaults[key]
-
-        return config
diff --git a/tests/test_albums.py b/tests/test_albums.py
index 88eeb19..dc7dc2b 100644
--- a/tests/test_albums.py
+++ b/tests/test_albums.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 try:
-    import unittest2 as unittest
+    import unittest2 as unittest # Python2.6
 except ImportError:
     import unittest
-import openphoto
-from . import test_base
 
-class TestAlbums(test_base.TestBase):
+import openphoto
+import tests.test_base
+
+class TestAlbums(tests.test_base.TestBase):
     testcase_name = "album API"
 
     def test_create_delete(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_base.py b/tests/test_base.py
index 86a27fe..db1b726 100644
--- a/tests/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/test_base.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 import os
+import logging
 try:
-    import unittest2 as unittest
+    import unittest2 as unittest # Python2.6
 except ImportError:
     import unittest
-import logging
+
 import openphoto
 
 def get_test_server_api():
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index d0d21c2..fd2434f 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-try:
-    import unittest2 as unittest
-except ImportError:
-    import unittest
 import os
 import shutil
+try:
+    import unittest2 as unittest # Python2.6
+except ImportError:
+    import unittest
+
 import openphoto
 
 CONFIG_HOME_PATH = os.path.join("tests", "config")
diff --git a/tests/test_framework.py b/tests/test_framework.py
index d011914..6dc781e 100644
--- a/tests/test_framework.py
+++ b/tests/test_framework.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+import logging
 try:
-    import unittest2 as unittest
+    import unittest2 as unittest # python2.6
 except ImportError:
     import unittest
-import logging
-import openphoto
-from . import test_base
 
-class TestFramework(test_base.TestBase):
+import openphoto
+import tests.test_base
+
+class TestFramework(tests.test_base.TestBase):
     testcase_name = "framework"
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ class TestFramework(test_base.TestBase):
 
     def test_specified_api_version(self):
         # For all API versions >0, we get a generic hello world message
-        for api_version in range(1, test_base.get_test_server_api() + 1):
+        for api_version in range(1, tests.test_base.get_test_server_api() + 1):
             client = openphoto.OpenPhoto(config_file=self.config_file,
                                          api_version=api_version)
             result = client.get("hello.json")
diff --git a/tests/test_photos.py b/tests/test_photos.py
index 0772d86..fcd69b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_photos.py
+++ b/tests/test_photos.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 try:
-    import unittest2 as unittest
+    import unittest2 as unittest # Python2.6
 except ImportError:
     import unittest
-import openphoto
-from . import test_base
 
-class TestPhotos(test_base.TestBase):
+import openphoto
+import tests.test_base
+
+class TestPhotos(tests.test_base.TestBase):
     testcase_name = "photo API"
 
     def test_delete_upload(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_tags.py b/tests/test_tags.py
index a46f1cc..8fec176 100644
--- a/tests/test_tags.py
+++ b/tests/test_tags.py
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 try:
-    import unittest2 as unittest
+    import unittest2 as unittest # Python2.6
 except ImportError:
     import unittest
-import openphoto
-from . import test_base
 
-@unittest.skipIf(test_base.get_test_server_api() == 1,
+import openphoto
+import tests.test_base
+
+@unittest.skipIf(tests.test_base.get_test_server_api() == 1,
                  "The tag API didn't work at v1 - see frontend issue #927")
-class TestTags(test_base.TestBase):
+class TestTags(tests.test_base.TestBase):
     testcase_name = "tag API"
 
     def test_create_delete(self, tag_id="create_tag"):