diff --git a/lib/gen_misc.py b/lib/gen_misc.py
index 13db4c1..0979cb9 100755
--- a/lib/gen_misc.py
+++ b/lib/gen_misc.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import os
 import ConfigParser
 try:
-    from StringIO import StringIO
+    import StringIO
 except ImportError:
     from io import StringIO
 import re